Summary of Elizabeth Becker's You Don't Belong Here

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In February 1967, Catherine Leroy was selected to be the photographer on the first US airborne assault of the Vietnam War. She was with the Second Battalion of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and was sworn to secrecy until the operation began. She barely slept, and rose with the troops before dawn.
#2 Leroy was the only woman combat photographer in Vietnam, and she had been the only one for over a year. She had been the only one to challenge the American public’s perception of women as being unable to cover war.
#3 Catherine Leroy was the first female combat photographer, and she died in 1965. She was killed in November 1965, only months after she arrived in Vietnam. Her death made history.
#4 Catherine’s parents were horrified when she dropped out of secondary school to go to Paris and pursue her dreams of being a blues singer. She took up sky jumping and became a photographer. She was serious about photography and found a mind-numbing job at a temporary hiring agency in Paris.

Sujets

• Vietnam War

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 21 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669356301
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Elizabeth Becker's You Don't Belong Here
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In February 1967, Catherine Leroy was selected to be the photographer on the first US airborne assault of the Vietnam War. She was with the Second Battalion of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and was sworn to secrecy until the operation began. She barely slept, and rose with the troops before dawn.

#2

Leroy was the only woman combat photographer in Vietnam, and she had been the only one for over a year. She had been the only one to challenge the American public’s perception of women as being unable to cover war.

#3

Catherine Leroy was the first female combat photographer, and she died in 1965. She was killed in November 1965, only months after she arrived in Vietnam. Her death made history.

#4

Catherine’s parents were horrified when she dropped out of secondary school to go to Paris and pursue her dreams of being a blues singer. She took up sky jumping and became a photographer. She was serious about photography and found a mind-numbing job at a temporary hiring agency in Paris.

#5

The end of the French and American occupations of Vietnam was brought on by the anticommunist Red Scare in Washington, which led to the accusations that some of the State Department’s top China specialists had been disloyal and lost China.

#6

The American public went along with the French decision to bankroll the Vietnamese fight in Vietnam, and the French defeat at Diem Bien Phu was wrenching for Leroy’s father and much of France. They believed that with American wealth supporting French forces, they would win and France would revive its stature by keeping Vietnam and Indochina as overseas territories.

#7

Leroy was dutiful during her first days in Saigon. She called on Vietnamese and French contacts, and introduced herself to officials at the American military headquarters where she received press credentials based on a letter from Paris Match magazine.

#8

In 1966, Catherine Leroy, a young woman, walked into the Associated Press office in Vietnam to introduce herself to the photo editor, Horst Faas. He was not impressed by her, but he gave her several rolls of film and encouraged her to pursue freelance work.

#9

Leroy’s first assignment in Vietnam was to photograph the Swedish American actress Ann-Margret, who was touring Vietnam to bolster troop morale. She was impressed by the American military, especially the traffic of warplanes taking off from the base on bombing missions over North Vietnam.

#10

Leroy became friends with the AP photographer Marie-Therese Leroy, and would often go out on missions with her. She would take pictures of Vietnamese civilians hiding behind headstones as they were fired on by their own government.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The American military allowed journalists to travel with the troops in Vietnam, and many women reporters made it past the military rules and restrictions to report on the battlefield.

#2

Leroy became very popular with the troops she photographed. She was French, and she made them hot chocolate, which they loved. She became used to the military, and the sounds of battle couldn’t reach her.

#3

Leroy became a freelance photographer in 1966, and she was able to make a lot of money from selling her photographs.