Holiday Gift Giving WMA Style
We all have that special friend that we just never know what to get for them. The Women Marines Association…
Overcoming Brand Stereotypes as a Female Veteran
By Tralene Hunston Women have been serving in the U.S. military for more than a century. As the years have…
Daily Struggles
The Faith to go on. By Sue Kaszynski I have tried writing this blog a few times but it never…
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…
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.
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…