*”[Chapelle](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f2/26/69/f22669e842bb2d69b46eeeabc07f7e7a–south-vietnam-chapelle.jpg) was killed in Vietnam on November 4, 1965 while on patrol with a Marine platoon during Operation Black Ferret, a search and destroy operation 16 km south of Chu Lai, Quang Ngai Province, I Corps.[7] The lieutenant in front of her kicked a tripwire boobytrap, consisting of a mortar shell with a hand grenade attached to the top of it. Chapelle was hit in the neck by a piece of shrapnel which severed her carotid artery, and she died soon afterwards. Her last moments were captured in a photograph by Henri Huet.[5] Her body was repatriated with an honor guard consisting of six Marines, and she was given full Marine burial. “* wiki article.
Her given name was Georgette Louise Meyer, she became a war correspondent during WWII , she covered the landings on Iwo Jima, the Hungarian and cubain revolutions.
rmplurker
Moving picture thanks for posting. I’ve never seen it before.
kukienboks
Last *rights*? “You have the right to remain lying down.”
6trEbaYwMQeM2mpFeMYL
Damn, they couldn’t move her into a better position and how was their chaplain just happening to be on patrol with them???
sanderjam
First woman journalist to be killed in action.
Dittybopper
*”[Chapelle](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f2/26/69/f22669e842bb2d69b46eeeabc07f7e7a–south-vietnam-chapelle.jpg) was killed in Vietnam on November 4, 1965 while on patrol with a Marine platoon during Operation Black Ferret, a search and destroy operation 16 km south of Chu Lai, Quang Ngai Province, I Corps.[7] The lieutenant in front of her kicked a tripwire boobytrap, consisting of a mortar shell with a hand grenade attached to the top of it. Chapelle was hit in the neck by a piece of shrapnel which severed her carotid artery, and she died soon afterwards. Her last moments were captured in a photograph by Henri Huet.[5] Her body was repatriated with an honor guard consisting of six Marines, and she was given full Marine burial. “* wiki article.
Her given name was Georgette Louise Meyer, she became a war correspondent during WWII , she covered the landings on Iwo Jima, the Hungarian and cubain revolutions.
rmplurker
Moving picture thanks for posting. I’ve never seen it before.
kukienboks
Last *rights*? “You have the right to remain lying down.”
6trEbaYwMQeM2mpFeMYL
Damn, they couldn’t move her into a better position and how was their chaplain just happening to be on patrol with them???
Akoustyk
What are “last rights”?