Recruiting Women Marines

A small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more they will be added.

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Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWII

Recruiting Women Marines

A small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more they will be added.

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Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWII

All In the Family

Generations of Military Service Families carry strong traditions from generation to generation. It may be how they celebrate a holiday. It can be traditional foods from the countries of parents and before. Many celebrate generations of military service. We feature for you here some of those generations with our female Marine families.. From:Cheryl June Auth

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Posted in: Family, Female Marine, History, Korean, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Professional Development, USMC, Values, veterans, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWII

Annette M. Nierenberg Howards, Corporal USMCWR

Submitted by : Jeff Howards Sgt, USMC 1973-1977 Corporal Annette Howards, USMCWR.  She enlisted in 1944 and was discharged in 1946. She was assigned to Air Base Group-2 (ABG-2) first at NAS North Island and then at MCAS El Toro, working in the Tool Crib supporting the mechanics working on F4Us coming back from the

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Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWII

Martha Juanita Greenway-Guin

Remembering Our WWII Marines By Donald E. Williams I would like you to know about my Aunt who was a US Marine during WWII Martha Juanita Greenway-Guin Born:  1 July 1921, Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina Died: 29 October 2008, Henderson, Vance County, North CarolinaShe went by “Juanita” 1946 – Separated – Martha Juanita Greenway separated from the

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Posted in: History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WWII

Opha May Johnson Project

Opha May Johnson Project In 1918, Opha May Johnson was the first of 300 plus women who showed up to take one of billets left open as our men went to war. She even typed up her own enlistment contract and had to have her husbands permission to join our beloved Corps. She opened the

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10th INF Battalion ~ Classification Platoon

Women Marines ~ 10th INF Battalion ~ Classification Platoon  Honor ~ Courage ~ Commitment My Story by PFC. Phyllis Silva-Keith (H.D. 1958) October 2017 In the 1940’s, when, Col. Julia Hamblet, USMCR, penned: “Once a Marine…Always a Marine…Then, now and always,” little did I know, all these years later, that I would still be living

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Posted in: History, Korean, Marine Corps, Marksmanship, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA

High Heeled Boots

High Heeled Boots Leatherneck Magazine Volume 45, Issue 2 Feb 1962 Author:  Clay Barrow   There are several striking differences between the Women Marines’ boot camp and the men’s ONE OF THE most widely circulated football stories relates that once when Knute Rockne’s “Fighting Irish” were trailing, he stayed out of the locker room throughout

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Posted in: Boot Camp, Female Marine, History, Military, Training, USMC, WMA

A Friendship Remembered

Remembering Col Julia Hamblet by Rhonda Amtower   It is with a heavy heart but with much pride and respect I write these farewell words to honor the memory of Colonel Julia E. Hamblet.  I had the distinct honor and privilege in getting to know her the last couple of years as we both lived

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Posted in: Female Marine, History, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA

Looking Back – Women Marines: 25th Anniversary

Women Marines: 25th Anniversary reprinted from the Marine Corps Gazette Vol 52 Issue 2 Author:  Pat Meid A time to reminisce but even more to look at a new generation of Women Marines making its own contributions, blazing new trails, and serving with distinction. ALTHOUGH women traditionally tend to be chary and somewhat imprecise when

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Posted in: History, Military, USMC, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWII

WWII Camp Lejeune Training

Marine Corps Women Reserves Training Camp Lejeune FREE A MARINE TO FIGHT: Women Marines in World War II by Colonel Mary V Stremlow, USMCR (Ret)   Planners originally thought to use existing Navy resources and facilities for all MCWR recruiting and training, but Marines soon saw the advantage of having their own schools. It wasn’t

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WWII Bernice Trotter

Bernice Trotter USMCWR By Tim Stanley Tulsa World After four years, Bernice Trotter had long since come to terms with the fact that her brother was gone. But as she stood there with her parents, watching his flag-draped casket being unloaded from the train, it felt almost like she was losing him all over again.

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