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DICKEY CHAPELLE MINE VICTIM IN VIET NAM WAR ZONE
Dickey Chapelle, 47, American war photographer and journalist, died after a mine blast near Da Nang while aboard a helicopter en route to a field hospital. She was the first woman newswoman killed in Vietnam and a veteran of World War II and prior conflicts. She had worked for National Observer and WOR, and covered Korea, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Algeria, Lebanon, Kashmir, and Hungary among others.
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National Observer
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