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Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1940
Description: "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo...
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Chapelle with Arm Band

Date: 03 1942
Description: Dickey Chapelle seated by an open window, wearing the correspondent arm band. Taken at time of her first recognition by the War Department as Look's...
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Dickey Chapelle and Leo Cherne

Date: 09 21 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle poses with Leo Cherne outside the Hudson Institute.
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Portrait of Young Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a young Dickey Meyer Chapelle posing in front of a fireplace mantel wearing a blouse and dress pants.
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Young Dickey Chapelle with Flight Goggles

Date: 1940
Description: Portrait of Dickey Chapelle wearing a white shirt, white flight headgear and goggles.
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Chapelle in Military Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait of Dickey Chapelle in uniform with a "war correspondent" patch on her sleeve.
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Self-Portait of Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing correspondent armband and taking a self-portrait in mirror. Taken at time of her first recognition by War Department as "Look's" ph...
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Dickey Chapelle Looking Up

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Description: Close-up of Dickey Chapelle as she looks up at something in the sky.
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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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Dickey Chapelle with a Pilot

Date: 1939
Description: Dickey Chapelle, in a helmet and goggles, poses next to another pilot in front of an airplane.
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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Young Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1938
Description: A candid head and shoulders portrait of a young Dickey Chapelle without eyeglasses.
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Dickey Chapelle with an Airplane

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Description: Dickey Chapelle getting into a small airplane. She is wearing a pilot's helmet, goggles and a scarf, and is carrying a parachute.
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Divison Surgeon Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Captain Don Knowlton, a U.S. Marine division Surgeon, posing for a photograph outdoors in Okinawa, Japan. He is wearing fatigues and a helmet and is standi...
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Anoxic Faint Chamber

Date: 02 1945
Description: Gwen Jensen, a female flight nurse, poses for a photograph during flight training at Alameda Naval Air Strip. In an anoxic faint chamber, used to simulate ...
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Flight Nurse with Her Father

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse Gwen Jensen is posing with her father, during her last hours before leaving U.S. soil at Alameda Navy Landing Strip. She is sitting close to h...
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Nurse in Scrub Room

Date: 03 1945
Description: United States Army nurse, Ann T. Hyland, is washing her hands in the 148th General Hospital's scrub room. Hyland is wearing a white cloth around her hair, ...
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Nurse Boarding Jeep

Date: 03 1945
Description: United States Army nurse, Ann T. Hyland, boarding a Jeep at 148th General Hospital in Saipan. Hyland is wearing a striped jumpsuit and has her hair tied up...

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