Free A Man to Fight
Posted in: Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Military, USMC, WWIIMarine Corps Women Reserve Marine Base San Diego 1943-1946 By Rick Huenefeld and Barbara McCurtis ‘Free a Man to Fight’ – the call to arms in February 1943 when the Women’s Reserve (WR) of the United States Marine Corps was activated. The first WR reported to Marine Corps Base (MCB) San Diego in
Sarah Frost – Trailblazer
Posted in: Conflicts, History, Military, Personal Stories, veterans, WWIISarah Frost WWII Marine Trailblazer By Michelle Weaver My mother was the first trailblazing woman I ever knew. In 1967 she joined the Army and was a secretary for General Westmoreland in the Pentagon during the Vietnam war and in 1973, when I was two, she was the first woman accepted for officer candidate
War Time Memories
Posted in: History, Personal Stories, veterans, Women of the Corps History ProjectCenter for Oral and Public History Captures Recollections of Veterans and Others Once Stationed at El Toro By Natalie M. Fousekis When I asked Junamay Leatherby Coffey about the impact her years in the Marines had on her life, she responded: “Oh, great. My life would have been entirely different … I am so glad
Once Upon A Time in the Marine Corps
Posted in: Personal Stories, WWIIBy Clarence Nelson On December 7, 1941 the lives of the young men and women of what has been called the greatest generation of Americans were forever changed. At the time of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, the idea of women in the Marine Corps had not even been considered since WW-I. But, soon after