Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
Vietnam War photographs by Dickey Chapelle
Vietnam War photographs by Dickey Chapelle
Wisconsin-born photojournalist Chapelle was one of the first women foreign correspondents to cover World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and other U.S. military engagements worldwide. Her writings and pictures appeared in the magazines Reader's Digest, National Geographic, Look, and the Saturday Evening Post from the 1940's to the 1960's. Chapelle was killed in Vietnam in 1965 while pursuing her profession. The link below takes you to a dozen of her pictures made in southeast Asia before her death.
| Related Topics: |
World Wars and Conflicts Vietnam and Opposition at Home |
| Creator: | Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965. |
| Pub Data: | Original photographs from the visual materials collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. |
| Citation: | Consult the bibliographic data provided with each photograph, and end your citation with the phrase " Online facsimile at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=829; Visited on: 4/18/2024 |
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