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 and endured swarms of locusts Photographed Depression-era dance marathons and 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 Nazis Photographed the first bomb to fall on Moscow Torpedoed at sea in North Africa while in a convoy headed towar Hit by Junker planes while in a B-17 Flying Fortress Stowed away on a hospital ship during D-Day and arrestedfor 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 theBuchenwald concentration camp Toured Mengele’s torture chambers after the liberation of theDachau concentration camp Interviewed hospital personnel about “Disease X” after theatomic bombing in Nagasaki
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Jeane Slone is a board member of the California Redwood Writer's Club. A member of the Healdsburg Literary Guild, Pacific Coast Air Museum and SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Jeane Slone is a co-partner in ESL Publishing, a dedicated company that prints quality books for second language learners. www.eslpublishing.com She is a volunteer tutor for the Library Literacy Program. Ms. Slone has published four historical novels: She Flew Bombers, winner of the national 2012 Indie Book Award which is also available as an audio book through audible.com. She Built Ships During WW II which is also available in an ESL version with workbook. She Was An American Spy During WW II. She Was a WW II Photographer Behind Enemy Lines. Jeane Slone's books have been optioned by a Hollywood producer to make a TV series titled: War Gals: Unsung American Heroines www.jeaneslone.com
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