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Women in Combat

When the Pentagon wanted a photographer to record the first major airborne assault in the Vietnam War, the most qualified candidate was a women. 

Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Becker is herself a respected war correspondent and award-winning author, having worked for The New York Times, National Public Radio and the Washington Post.

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