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2021-08-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Catherine Leroy - The first female war correspondent to make a combat jump

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-26 07:02|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Have you ever read Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu(1966) or Street Without Joy: Indochina At War, 1946-1954(1961)? Bernard B. Fall fought in the French Resistance, joined the French Army and served as an independent journalist. He was killed by a Viet Cong boobytrap while accompanying US troops in 1967...

His books were witty and informative. The observation of two French officers too busy to pause their tennis game while the career Cambodian stood at attention honoring the flag lowering was poignant. The aside that the abbreviation for "Mobile Field Brothel" and "Independent Mobile Field Battalion" were the same -- along with the wry question of which one the soldiers would welcome more...

Posted by magpie 2021-08-26 11:42|| 2021-08-26 11:42|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ The Cambodian was a career NCO Marine, IIRC.

Posted by magpie 2021-08-26 11:43|| 2021-08-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting Person

Catherine Leroy
Born:
August 27, 1944, Paris, France
Died:
July 08, 2006, Santa Monica, California

Websites for more information
Wikipedia
IMDb

Posted by Elmomong Flusoger6451 2021-08-26 11:50|| 2021-08-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Under five feet tall

Bet they strapped a pig to her harness so she wouldn't fall up.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-26 20:07|| 2021-08-26 20:07|| Front Page Top

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