In the Vietnam War, Dickie Chapelle, a 47-year-old female war photographer, was killed by an exploding land mine on November 4, 1965, while covering American troops fighting in South Vietnam.

Dickey Chapelle, a 47-year-old war photographer, was killed in the Vietnam War by an exploding landmine while covering American troops fighting in South Vietnam. and fragments of the mine shot out her body. She became the first American woman correspondent to die in the Vietnam War. When I die," she said, "I want to be on patrol with the U.S. Marines. Her final death was reportedly "meant to happen."

   Dickie Chappell was killed in action during Operation Black Ferret while on patrol with a Marine platoon 16 kilometers south of Chu Lai, Quang Ngai Province, on November 4, 1965, at approximately 8:00 AM. It was a search and destroy operation by the Marines in the vicinity of Chu Lai. Chapelle was hit in the neck by a shrapnel wound that severed her carotid artery and she died shortly after. Her final moments were captured in a photograph by Henri Huet (Henri Huet). Her body was brought home with a guard of honor consisting of six Marines, and was given a respectful burial by the Marines. The Marines gave her full military honors.

　Dickie Chappell photographed the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal William Fenton (William Fenton) lies on a stretcher, badly wounded, awaiting medical attention aboard the USS Samaritan hospital ship, which was anchored just off the beach at Iwo Jima. Chapelle explained that 551 seriously wounded Marines boarded that ship and attempted to save their lives. Iwo Jima was one of the fiercest battles of World War II, with 6,821 Marines killed and 19,217 wounded, while the Japanese lost about 21,000 killed and only 216 captured.

　

   Dickie Chapelle was one of the founding female battlefield correspondents in World War II. Chappell traveled from a hospital ship to an uninhabited island in Okinawa to cover Marines rescuing the wounded in a massive attack. The Navy was not pleased and she was kicked out of the Okinawa war at gunpoint. War photos were obtained, two of which were of Marine Johnny Hood (Johnny Hood) before and after receiving a 14-pint blood transfusion at a field hospital in Okinawa, spurring a blood drive.