Dickey Chapelle

Dickey Chapelle
Chapelle at the Don Phuc command post on the Vietnamese–Cambodian border, 1964
Born
Georgette Louise Meyer

(1919-03-14)March 14, 1919
Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.
DiedNovember 4, 1965(1965-11-04) (aged 46)
near Chu Lai, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationPhotojournalist
Years active1941–1965

Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1919 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through to her death in the Vietnam War.

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