Barrel Fever: Women and Their Guns – Women Marines 1998 – LIFE

Women Marines Photo: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images Sep 01, 1998 via life.com   Posted via web from Women Marines on the web

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63rd Anniversary of Women in the USMC – Marine Corps League

It was 13 February 1943 when women were officially instituted as part of the Marine Corps. Though women have served their country honorably in the Corps since 1918 it was not until 1943 that the Women Reserves became an official part of Marine Corps. On its first-year anniversary, 13 February 1944, a message from President

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Mail Call: Marine Memories…1952

It was Nov. 10, 1952 at the rifle range at MCRDPISC and our Colonel had arranged for a platoon of women Marine recruits to attend our ball at the battalion lyceum. I was fortunate enough to meet a gorgeous blond and we danced the night away despite the best efforts of her D.I. to keep

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