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Book, Condʹe Nast, Lee Miller's war : photographer and correspondent with the Allies in Europe 1944-45, 1992
... War correspondents - United States - Biography...-and-the-dandenong-ranges War correspondents - United States - Biography ...Lee Miller's work for Vogue from 1941-45 sets her apart as a photographer of extraordinary ability, and the quality of her work from the period has long been recognized as outstanding. Its full range is shown here, accompanied by her brilliant despatches." "Miller's words manage to combine immediacy with acute observation, and deep personal involvement with professional detachment. Complementing her natural talent in writing are over one hundred and fifty remarkable photographs from the Lee Miller Archives. With their own quality of surrealist irony, which at times verges on the horrific and at others on the hilarious, they show war-ravaged cities, buildings and landscapes, but above all war-resilient people - soldiers, leaders, medics, evacuees, prisoners of war, the wounded, the villains and the heroesIndex, bib, ill, p.208.Lee Miller's work for Vogue from 1941-45 sets her apart as a photographer of extraordinary ability, and the quality of her work from the period has long been recognized as outstanding. Its full range is shown here, accompanied by her brilliant despatches." "Miller's words manage to combine immediacy with acute observation, and deep personal involvement with professional detachment. Complementing her natural talent in writing are over one hundred and fifty remarkable photographs from the Lee Miller Archives. With their own quality of surrealist irony, which at times verges on the horrific and at others on the hilarious, they show war-ravaged cities, buildings and landscapes, but above all war-resilient people - soldiers, leaders, medics, evacuees, prisoners of war, the wounded, the villains and the heroeswar correspondents - united states - biography, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Prochnau, William, Once Upon a Distant War: Young War Correspondents and the Early Vietnam Battles, 1995
... War Correspondents - United States... States War Correspondents - United States Vietnamese Presidential ...The American reporters who came to Vietnam in 1961 expected to write about an exotic little war in a country of tigers and elephants. What they found instead was a debacle in the making, in which American pilots flew missions illegally while their Vietnamese counterparts strafed the Presdential Palace. When they reported what they saw, they were pilloried for it at home. But the ended up making history simply by telling the truth.The American reporters who came to Vietnam in 1961 expected to write about an exotic little war in a country of tigers and elephants. What they found instead was a debacle in the making, in which American pilots flew missions illegally while their Vietnamese counterparts strafed the Presdential Palace. When they reported what they saw, they were pilloried for it at home. But the ended up making history simply by telling the truth. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, war correspondents - united states, vietnamese, presidential palace -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Wounded War Correspondent
... War Correspondents - United States... War Correspondents - United States War correspondents ...Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Horst Faas, Bureau Chief at American Associated Press visits the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South vietnam, to farewell one of his war correspondents Graham McInerny from Adelaide, South Australia. McInerny had been severly wounded in the legs.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, horst faas, american associated press, gibbons collection catalogue, bureau chief, vung tau, graham mcinerny, war correspondents - united states, war correspondents - australia, wounded serviceman, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Ms Toby Pyle
... War Correspondents - United States... Collection Catalogue War Correspondents - United States United States ...Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Danang South Vietnam circa February 1969 American Associated Press War Correspondaent Ms Toby Pyle leaves the Danang United States Marines Press Centre to be ferried to an assignment with US Forces operating in 2 Corpsphotograph, ms toby pyle, american associated press, danang, us forces, 2 corps, gibbons collection catalogue, war correspondents - united states, united states marines press centre, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War. (Copy 1)
Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war.Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War. (Copy 2)
Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war.Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Prochnau, William, Once Upon a Distant War: Young War Correspondents and the early Vietnam Battles. (Copy 1), 1995
Once Upon a Distant War...is a biography of a group of men and women who became witnesses to an age.Once Upon a Distant War...is a biography of a group of men and women who became witnesses to an age. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - press coverage - united states, saigon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (Copy 3)
Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war.Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Last train from Berlin, 1943
Memoirs of an American correspondent in pre-war berlinp.290.Memoirs of an American correspondent in pre-war berlingermany - history - 1933-1943, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - united states