The New Women Marines Association Interim Board
Posted in: Awards, Events, Female Marine, Professional Development, USMC, WMA, Women Marines AssociationBy Rhonda Amtower I am proud to work together with our new 2020-2021 Board of Directors (BOD). Despite the convention cancellation, the outgoing and incoming BODs met yesterday, 5 Sept to conduct the business of WMA. During the outgoing BOD meeting, we closed out final business of this BOD to include the presentation of the
Chaos Defined Chaos Refined
Posted in: WMABy Sue Kaszynski One of my many talents ( insert big laugh here) had been to create and maintain chaos. Which upon reflection was because of my pathological need for control. Sounds diametrically opposed doesn’t it? You see I had to have strict control over myself and my immediate surroundings. My control freak. By having
Taking a Stand
Posted in: Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Sexual Harrassment, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Womens IssuesBy Sue Kaszynski I have always been an outspoken mouthy individual. Even as a kid I didn’t hesitate to argue with authority figures if I felt I was right. For some reason I never got into trouble for it. I’m not sure if it was because I only did it when I knew I was
WINIFRED BAER HODGIN
Posted in: Boot Camp, Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIWWII USMCWR By: Jon D, Hodgin She was born Winifred Baer on a dairy farm near the small town of Callicoon, New York on August 13, 1922. She graduated high school and then attended Albany State Teacher’s College, where she obtained a degree in education at the age of 19. She taught high school for
Star Magazine 1969
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, Vietnam, WMAIn January of 1969 the Star Magazine presented a pictorial on Women Marines. Below are the pages from that weekly.
Lillian “Bambi” Anita Bamberger Simonson
Posted in: WMAUSMCWR 1923 – 1986 By: Michael Simonson Lillian Anita Bamberger Simonson (Bambi) was born in New York City in 1923 and died in Fort Dodge Iowa in 1986. She was raised in lower Manhattan, New York City. She joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in 1943. She met her husband, LeRoy (Swede) Donald
Marine Corps Women Reserves Camp Lejeune 1944
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIA Pictorial Yearbook These photos are from the Camp Lejeune Women Marines yearbook from 1944. The book belonged to Margaret Guntle Shelton. Known affectionately as Marge she was a charter member of OR-3. Debra Barker said Marge was well read and didn’t hesitate to give her opinion on issues she felt strongly about. Marge, it
Sgt Emily Rowe Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
Posted in: Female Marine, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, WMASgt Emily Rowe was born on July 30th, 1994 in Billings, Montana to Leslie and Samuel Boor. The family lived in Roundup, Montana, where Samuel was a doctor and Leslie worked as a nurse at Roundup Memorial Healthcare. In 1995, they moved to Wolf Point, Montana where they lived on a sheep farm with dogs,
Sgt Amy Carter Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
Posted in: Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, ValuesI grew up and lived in Florence, SC. All of my family were loggers so most of my childhood was spent out in the woods playing with my twin brother. I have always loved horses and I started off my riding career when I got my first horse at the age of 13. She was
Sgt Ursula Fortenbacher Oleksy 1923 – 2020
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, WWIIBY: Dave Olesky Ursula Oleksy, who passed away July 12, 2020 at the age of 97. She was born on April 3, 1923 in NYC. She enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 7, 1952 from NYC. She was stationed in both San Diego, CA as well as Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was promoted to
The Painful Truth
Posted in: Female Marine, Life After the Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Womens IssuesBy Sue Kaszynski I was according to the nuns “pale, frail and puny”. I definitely had health issues. I didn’t like to eat. I could eat whatever I wanted and never gained weight. I had what the doctors originally called growing pains ( I would have such pain in my legs that my dad would
Recruiting Women Marines
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWIIA small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more they will be added.