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(1918-1965) Photojournalist, war correspondent, author. Dickey Chapelle was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died near Chu Lai, Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. She had a home in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Dickey Chapelle

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1918

BIRTH

Dickey Chapelle was born Georgette Louise Meyer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 14, 1918.

1942

LITWORK

Needed: Women in Government Service
New York, NY: Robert M. McBride

Nonfiction.

1943

LITWORK

Girls at Work in Aviation
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran

Nonfiction.

1944

LITWORK

How Planes Get There
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers

Nonfiction.

1962

LITWORK

What's a Woman Doing Here?: A Reporter's Report on Herself
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company

Nonfiction.

1965

RESIDENCE

Ms. Chapelle had a home in Manhattan, New York.

1965

DEATH

Dickey Chapelle was killed near Chu Lai, Quang Ngai province, South Vietnam, on November 4, 1965.

1965

INTERMENT

Dickey Chapelle was interred in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

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