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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.