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Title: First US female war correspondent to die in combat named ‘honorary Marine’
Post by: rangerrebew on September 11, 2017, 08:59:40 am

First US female war correspondent to die in combat named ‘honorary Marine’
By: Andrea Scott   18 hours ago


When mortar shell shrapnel exploded from a booby trap that hit Marines close to Chu Lai, Vietnam, a combat photographer was near the front.

A civilian buried with full military ­honors, Wisconsin native Georgette “Dickey” Chapelle was the first female war correspondent to die in combat.

http://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2017/09/10/first-us-female-war-correspondent-to-die-in-combat-named-honorary-marine/