ms. becker: yes. host: how did alcohol affect her work, her life? ms. becker: she was a functional alcoholic. i spent a lot of time with her sister rachel and her brother jeremy, and we talked about it. she refused to seek any help, and i know now this is classic, because underneath it was a lot of shame and guilt. so she continued to do remarkable work until she retires, but she dies quite young, 61, i believe, of cancer, and she did not take care of herself, and she continued to smoke. during the war we all smoked, but most of us quit afterwards, but kate kept going, and you could do a whole study of ptsd looking at kate webb's life. it was just stunning. host: time to move on to frankie, frances fitzgerald. you mentioned that her background was very different from these two women, she came from wealth. but her wealth was extraordinary. what was her early life like? ms. becker: she was surrounded by servants. a chauffeur drover to her private school when she was living in england, and she moved to n

ms. becker: yes. host: how did alcohol affect her work? ms. becker: she was a functional alcoholic. i spent a lot of time with her sister rachel and her brother jeremy and we talked about it. she refused to seek any help, and i know now this is classic, because underneath it was a lot of shame and guilt. so she continued to do remarkable work until she retires, but she does quite young, 61, i believe, of cancer, -- but she dies quite young, 61, i believe, of cancer, and she did not take care of herself, and she continued to smoke. during the war we all smoked but most of us quit afterwards, but kate kept going, and you could do a whole study of ptsd looking at kate webb's life. it is stunning. host: time to move on to frances fitzgerald. you mentioned that her background was very different from these two, she came from wealth by her wealth was extraordinary. what was her early life like? ms. becker: she was surrounded by servants. a chauffeur drove her to her private school in england and -- in new en

ms. becker: yes. host: how did alcohol affect her life? ms. becker: she was a functional alcoholic. i spent a lot of time with her sister rachel and her brother jeremy and we talked about it. she refused to seek any help, and i know now this is classic, because underneath it was a lot of shame and guilt. so she continued to do remarkable work until she retires, she dies quite young, 61, i believe, of cancer, and she did not take care of herself, and she continued to smoke. during the war we all smoked but most of us quit afterwards, but kate kept going, and you could do a whole study of ptsd looking at kate webb's life. it is stunning. host: time to move on to frances fitzgerald. you referenced that her background was very different from these two, she came from wealth, but her wealth was extraordinary. what was her early life like? ms. becker: she was surrounded by servants. a chauffeur drove her to her private school in england and she moved to new york city where she has horses and stables and -- s

ms. becker: yes. host: how did alcohol affect her work? ms. becker: she was a functional alcoholic. i spent a lot of time with her sister rachel and her brother jeremy and we talked about it. she refused to seek any help, and i know now this is classic, because underneath it was a lot of shame and guilt. so she continued to do remarkable work until she retires, but she does quite young, 61, i believe of cancer, , and she did not take care of herself, and she continued to smoke. during the war we all smoked but most of us quit afterwards, but kate kept going, and you could do a whole study of ptsd looking at kate webb's life. it is stunning. host: time to move on to frances fitzgerald. you mentioned that her background was very different from these two, she came from wealth by her wealth was extraordinary. what was her early life like? ms. becker: she was eroded by -- surrounded by servants. a chauffeur drover to her private school in england and she moved to new york city where she has horses and stab

ms. becker: yes. host: how did alcohol affect her work? ms. becker: she was a functional alcoholic. i spent a lot of time with her sister rachel and her brother jeremy and we talked about it. she refused to seek any help, and i know note this is classic, because underneath it was a lot of shame and guilt. so she continued to do remarkable work until she retires, but she does quite young, 601i believe of cancer, and she did not take care of herself, and she continued to smoke. during the war we all smoked but most of us quit afterwards, but kate kept going, and you could do a whole study of ptsd looking at kate webb's life. it is stunning. host: time to move on to francis fitzgerald. you mentioned that her background was very different from these two, she came from wealth by her wealth was extraordinary. ms. becker: yes. host: what was her early life like? ms. becker: she was eroded by servants. a chauffeur drover to her private school in england and she moved to new york city where she has horses and

ms. becker: thank you for having me in person. ♪ >> all q&a programs are available on our website or as a podcast at c-span.org. >> today is national vietnam veterans day and we take you into the c-span archives for conversations with the three women journalists in vietnam we just heard about on q&a. we start with a 1980 five interview with one of those women. -- 1985 interview with one of those women. >> this is a photograph, series of photograph you took in vietnam during the war. what is the story behind the series? >> this is one view among many nameless in vietnam. it was a marine in may 1967. this marine became very famous and he made me very famous, his name was vernon. after i did the series of photographs, a number of mothers in america were absolutely convinced it was their son and i had to come back to the company a few days later and get his name and identify him. he was bending over his dead comrade, and he picked up his rifle could and screaming, i killed them all. it was

ms. becker: i am telling the story of three amazing women who went to vietnam because women in that