EP:101 Close Up On War ~ War Photographer Catherine Leroy

<p>In this episode, Tyler talks with Mary Cronk Farrell, an award winning journalist and author, about Catherine Leroy, one of the first female photographers during the Vietnam war. An inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave a human face to the Vietnam War. Close-Up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the war’s few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the 20-year conflict. Although she had no formal photographic training and had never traveled more than a few hundred miles from Paris before, Leroy left home at age 21 to travel to Vietnam and document the faces of war. Despite being told that women didn&apos;t belong in a “man’s world,” she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers’ slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through rice paddies, and became the only official photojournalist to parachute into combat with American soldiers. Leroy took striking photos that gave America no choice but to look at the realities of war—showing what it did to people on both sides—from wounded soldiers to civilian casualties.<br/><br/>Close-Up on War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam<br/>available on <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Close-Up-War-Pioneering-Photojournalist-Catherine/dp/1419746618/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QFX68EG9M3RZ&amp;keywords=close+up+on+war&amp;qid=1645898870&amp;sprefix=close+up+on+war%2Caps%2C484&amp;sr=8-1'>Amazon</a></p><p>Learn more about Catherine Leroy, her photos and more at <a href='http://dotationcatherineleroy.org/'>dotationcatherineleroy.org</a></p><p>What to know about Mary Cronk Farrell or visit her blog to read more about moments in history? Check out her page at <a href='http://marycronkfarrell.net/'>marycronkfarrell.net</a>.<br/><br/></p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DPPU22JG5EM6Y">Support the show</a><p>Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring today&apos;s episode! Coming Home Well listeners can ge