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One day in the life of Catherine Leroy, the first and only accredited female combat photographer in Vietnam, will tell you more about her character than the tens of thousands of words I wrote in my book about her. I recently had the great privilege of speaking with a US Marine who met Cathy in 1967, in the Demilitarized Zone around Cồn Tiên after the single worst day in Marine Corps history. "I looked for her for 50 years," the battle-hardened marine told me. "She impressed me so much. And for me to say that, that’s a big deal."  Combat Photographer Catherine Leroy in Vietnam, circa 1967 Operation Buffalo, a 13-day battle during the Vietnam War inflicted more casualties on the Marine Corps than did their famous island-hopping victories in the Pacific during WWII.
Few people know the part French Photographer Catherine Leroy played in that historic battle. |
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