![]() ![]() Catherine fought back, regaining the right to do her job.Įven after being captured by the North Vietnamese, and later wounded by a mortar shell at Khe Sanh, Catherine did not quit. They spread insulting rumors about her character and collaborated with military officers to revoke her press credentials. Told she didn't belong in a "man's world," she soon became a serious competitor to her male colleagues. She gravitated toward the thickest battles and was the only civilian photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers.Ĭatherine saw more combat in Vietnam than any news photographer of any gender. She was 21 years old and had no formal photographic training.īold, determined, and cool under fire, Catherine slogged with marines through the jungle and crawled through rice paddies. Only one woman dared join the ranks of photojournalists covering the war 1966-1969, the bloodiest years of the conflict.įrench-born Catherine Leroy flew to Vietnam on a one-way ticket to launch her career. In the mid-1960s, woman had it tough succeeding in "men's jobs," but no workplace was more toxic than the battlefields of Vietnam. ![]()
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