User talk:Henny schoute bussolati

(VIETNAM) WAR CORRESPONDENTS;  HENNY SCHOUTE BUSSOLATI

HENNY SCHOUTE (BUSSOLATI) was the first woman war correspondent from the Netherlands. She was an accomplished journalist when she went to Vietnam and covered the war from 1966-1971 for predominently Dutch media like AVRO/BRT Radiojournaal newsmagazine, weekly de Spiegel, popular daily de Telegraaf and magazines. During the Vietnam war she trained with the South Vietnamese Army/ARVN Airborne Division and jumped about forty times over the South and Laos. During her spare time she worked on the medical program with US SPECIAL FORCES and the mercenary tribes in the Central Highlands. SCHOUTE BUSSOLATI left Vietnam to marry a US army officer. She wrote her biography, 'One More Time', now out of print (Amazon.com and Bookshops.com google.com)

In 1979 and 1980 Henny Schoute Bussolati also covered two UNIFIL battalions in Southern Lebanon: Dutchbatt (Dutch army's monthly magazine)and Fijibatt (Fiji Times). Immediately after the Rabuka coups in Fiji, she covered the post coup situation for the BBC World Service (1986) while living in Fiji.

Her C.V. notes: Holland's first woman war correspondent; first (woman)interim managing editor army's monthly magazine; first (woman) chief internal/external information and crime prevention police department; first (woman) head press department Royal Netherlands Industries and Convention Complex Jaarbeurs.

HENNY SCHOUTE published her first article at age 14. She studied English at the Royal Society of Arts in London, Political Science at Amsterdam City University, Drama and Acting at Boutens Academy in The Hague, Public Relations at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague/Scheveningen.

After publishing 'One More Time' (1999), she contributed to university books:
 * Rabuka of Fiji (Queensland University, Australia)
 * Levuka Living Heritage (University of the South Pacific, Fiji)
 * Leeuw en Draak (University of Amsterdam/Hanoi University)
 * Note: Irritations are erratic quotes and out of context information.

Born in the Netherlands, September 30th, she lived in the United Kingdom, South Vietnam, the United States of America, Lebanon, Fiji Islands, Australia, Thailand. Because of mainly non-curable Vietnam War related illnesses she moved to warm climates in 1996. She spends her time in Thailand, Vietnam, Fiji Islands, Australia. She divorced once and was widowed once.

EMAIL: hschoutebussolati@yahoo.com