The New Women Marines Association Interim Board
By Rhonda Amtower I am proud to work together with our new 2020-2021 Board of Directors (BOD). Despite the convention…
Chaos Defined Chaos Refined
By Sue Kaszynski One of my many talents ( insert big laugh here) had been to create and maintain chaos….
Taking a Stand
By Sue Kaszynski I have always been an outspoken mouthy individual. Even as a kid I didn’t hesitate to argue…
WINIFRED BAER HODGIN
WWII USMCWR By: Jon D, Hodgin She was born Winifred Baer on a dairy farm near the small town of…
Star Magazine 1969
In January of 1969 the Star Magazine presented a pictorial on Women Marines. Below are the pages from that weekly.
Lillian “Bambi” Anita Bamberger Simonson
USMCWR 1923 – 1986 By: Michael Simonson Lillian Anita Bamberger Simonson (Bambi) was born in New York City in 1923…
Marine Corps Women Reserves Camp Lejeune 1944
A Pictorial Yearbook These photos are from the Camp Lejeune Women Marines yearbook from 1944. The book belonged to Margaret…
Sgt Emily Rowe Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
Sgt Emily Rowe was born on July 30th, 1994 in Billings, Montana to Leslie and Samuel Boor. The family lived…
Sgt Amy Carter Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
I grew up and lived in Florence, SC. All of my family were loggers so most of my childhood was…
Sgt Ursula Fortenbacher Oleksy 1923 – 2020
BY: Dave Olesky Ursula Oleksy, who passed away July 12, 2020 at the age of 97. She was born on…
The Painful Truth
By Sue Kaszynski I was according to the nuns “pale, frail and puny”. I definitely had health issues. I didn’t…
Recruiting Women Marines
A small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more…