The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action – The Washington Post

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The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action

Dickey Chapelle, one of the first female war photographers, risked her life to capture history on world stages from Iwo Jima to the Vietnam War. 

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/03/the-brilliant-photos-of-the-first-american-female-war-photographer-killed-in-action/

The woman was Dickey Chapelle, a female photojournalist on assignment for Life magazine. Moments later the man in front of her muttered, “I’m lost,” and an enemy flare blew out the Big Dipper above. A machine gun and three rifles surrounded them, capturing her and one of her companions.