Kate Webb was the war reporter who came back from the dead. Sent to cover the Vietnam War, she disappeared, believed to have been captured by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, who were known to ruthlessly execute prisoners and journalists. Her colleagues feared the worst.
Conflicts covered: Vietnam War, Gulf War, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, post-colonial wars in East Timor and Indonesia
Died: 13 May 2007
When the burned body of a white woman, killed by bullet wounds, surfaced, the corpse was believed to belong to Webb. Her family hosted a memorial service and The New York Times, among other papers, published Webb’s obituary.
The 1971 article painted a sensitive portrait of a dedicated but unlikely war correspondent. Webb was, according to the paper,
![LEFT Belhus Park from above. The photograph from April 1944 [TOP] shows a military camp located on the parkland. This housed troops preparing for the D Day invasion. By May 1946 [BOTTOM], a larger camp with regimented rows of tents is visible.](https://i0.wp.com/the-past.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/post-1_image0-24.jpg?fit=768%2C577&ssl=1)
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