A native of Albion, Michigan, Gwen Dew became a prolific writer, journalist and photographer in the late 1930's through the 1950's.  She was a world traveler, and served as a Southeast Asian correspondent for the Detroit News and Newsweek Magazine in the early 1940's.  In December 1941, she was in Hong Kong when the Japanese invaded, and was taken prisoner.  She would spend six months as a prisoner of war until her release in June of 1942.  When she returned home, despite poor health, she wrote a book on her experiences and toured the nation selling war bonds and enlightening the people on the homefront about the war.  

Following the war, she was the first female journalist to cover the rebuilding of Japan under MacArthur.

Her story is an amazing one, and she was an amazing woman from Southwest Michigan.

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