She Was a WWII Photographer
by Jeane Slone
She Was a WWII Photographer
Behind Enemy Lines
Historical Fiction
Meet Lieutenant Adeline Peterson, war correspondent in eleven theaters of war — a brave, determined, and resilient woman who broke gender biases to photograph the world and document the atrocities of war.
- Caught in a Black Blizzard in Oklahoma, endured swarms of locusts
- Photographed Depression-era dance marathons, visited illegal speakeasies
- Detained by a Nazi officer under gunpoint in Czechoslovakia
- Fled Paris on foot and got caught in the Blitz in London
- Photographed the Nazi takeover of Greece
- Jailed in Belgrade by the Gestapo
- Photographed the first bomb to fall on Moscow
- Torpedoed at sea in North Africa in a convoy headed to war
- Hit by Junker planes in a B-17 Flying Fortress
- Stowed away on a hospital ship during D-Day and arrested for disobeying orders
- Witnessed machine-gun fire during the liberation of France
- Almost hit by Japanese snipers on Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima
- Arrested for disobeying orders during the battle of Okinawa
- First war correspondent to document the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp
- Toured Mengele’s torture chambers after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp
- Witnessed Disease X after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
- Photographed refugee’s after the war for the Quakers.
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Additional Resource:
The author was able to obtain a declassified 25-page document of the interrogation of Alice M. Zwicker, 1st Lt., ANC, N-720222 about the Japanese war crimes committed at Santo Tomas internment camp, Philippines 1942-1945. This document is published in the book.
What others are saying…
This is a wonderful historical novel. Author Jeane Slone is especially good at describing a woman’s experiences as she struggles to make her way as a journalist during a time, and in an environment (war), traditionally dominated by men. The novel describes both the professional successes and personal setbacks experienced by an independent woman determined to pursue her art and craft of photography and journalism. As a journalist and photojournalist myself for many years, this story held a special interest for me. The book is well researched and presents detailed and moving descriptions grounded in the realities of World War II, perhaps the greatest flood of death and destruction humankind has ever known. — WILLIAM HAIGWOOD — Photojournalist, news reporter, and editor Author of Journeying the Sixties: A Counterculture Tarot
As a photographer, I truly enjoyed not only the technical photographic aspects of the story, but the way the main character turned her love for photography into her life’s work. It was inspirational to read. — JOHN S. NELSON —Acclaimed commercial, landscape, wildlife, street, and sporting events photographer. Member of the Pacific Coast Air Museum.