In her eventful 47 years on Earth, Shorewood native Dickey Chapelle saw the World War II battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She drove for weeks through the rubble and near-starvation of postwar Europe ...

There is a song — Nanci Griffith’s “Pearl’s Eye View” — about pioneering war photographer Dickey Chapelle, who was born Georgette Meyer in the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood in 1919. And now, at last, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Local author Lorissa Rinehart drops by the Morning News to talk about her new book "First To The Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War ...

The life of Dickey Chapelle reads like a Hollywood movie. A pearl-earringed photojournalist and war correspondent confounds all stereotypes, breaking stories and outdoing the U.S. Marines in bravery; ...

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Many folks have heard or read about male World War II correspondents, such as Ernie Pyle, who were killed covering the combat trials and tribulations of soldiers in the field. But have you ever heard ...

In 1965, photographer and writer Dickey Chapelle was killed in Vietnam, becoming the first female American journalist to be killed covering a war. In the new book, "Dickey Chapelle Under Fire," author ...

Foreword by Jackie Spinner, former war correspondent for the Washington Post -- Introduction -- Georgie Lou Meyer -- World War II -- Relief work -- Bayonet borders -- Vietnam -- Epilogue -- The Dickey ...