Our History – Our Service
By Rosa Osborn In 2010, as a warrant officer and several years in the Marine Corps, I thought I knew…
WMA Meet Our Member
Roberta “Randy” Tidmore Randy was one of 18,000 women who joined the Marines by that year. While comprising just 4…
Corporal Germaine Laville
Corporal Germaine Laville Laville lived in Plaquemine, La., graduated from LSU in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in education…
Sgt Mary Frances Danaher Griggs WWII USMCWR
By Gary Griggs Mary Danaher was the oldest of 10 and born in St Joseph Mo on April 3, 1923. After High School…
Dorothy Schmidt Cole, oldest living Marine, dies at 107
BY THÉODEN JANES JANUARY 13, 2021 05:33 PM, UPDATED JANUARY 14, 2021 02:34 P Dorothy “Dot” Cole, who enlisted as one…
Elizabeth Redfern Newberg USMCWR
Mrs Newburg is celebrating her 100th birthday and her family is requesting cards. Please join the Women Marines Association in…
WINIFRED BAER HODGIN
WWII USMCWR By: Jon D, Hodgin She was born Winifred Baer on a dairy farm near the small town of…
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 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…
Recruiting Women Marines
A small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more…
Recruiting Women Marines
A small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more…
All In the Family
Generations of Military Service Families carry strong traditions from generation to generation. It may be how they celebrate a holiday….