Thursday, May 27, 2010

Dickey Chapelle



Photojournalist Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) became one of the first female war correspondents, covering World War II, the Korean conflict and Vietnam Here is more about her life.



On the morning of November 4, 1965, Chapelle was killed by a land mine while on patrol with a platoon, becoming the first war correspondent killed in Vietnam and the first female reporter to die in combat.

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