Elizabeth Whitbeck, early Marine Corps veteran, dies at 98
Posted in: WMANOVEMBER 11, 2019 ERIC ROPER – THE STAR TRIBUNE Female uniforms weren’t yet available when Liz Whitbeck enlisted in the newly formed Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in 1943. But she joined enthusiastically, a trait she carried forward later in life as she made her mark on many Minneapolis civic institutions. Whitbeck, a veteran who became known