Women Marines with Sailboats at New River
These women Marines have the use of sailboats for their leisure moments at New River, North Carolina. They are, left
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Author: Margie Bedell-Burke
New Marine Recruits Eating Chow at Camp Lejeune
Chow is the first thing on the schedule for these hungry Marine Corps Women Reserves after detraining, at Camp Lejeune,
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First Marine “Boots” Arrive at Camp Lejeune
The women Marines had everything well in hand when the new recruits arrived at Camp Lejeune, New River, N.C. to
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Marine Recruits Taking Out the Trash
Privates Dorothy Pierson of Charlemont, Massachusetts, Catherine Gleason of Woodside, Long Island, New York, and Helen Nowacin of Buffalo, New
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Marine Corporal Distributes Bed Linens to New “Boots”
Corporal Virginia E. Coward of Chicago, Illinois, distributes bed linens to a group of new “boots” at Camp Lejeune, New
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Women Marines Color Guard
This snappy color guard is formed by women Marines. They enlisted in the Marine Corps for active duty. The four
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Women Marine Trainees Prepare Depth Charge for Loading
Members of the first class of Marine Corps Women Reservists taking a course at the Station Ordnance School at Quantico,
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Women Marines Learning to Rig Parachutes
These Women Marines are learning how to rig parachutes at the training school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1943. Pictured
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Harvest War Crops WLA Recruiting Poster
WWII Women’s Land Army (WLA) Recruiting Poster: “Harvest War Crops – The Women’s Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps”
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Pitch In and Help! WLA Recruiting Poster
WWII Women’s Land Army (WLA) Recruiting Poster: “Pitch In and Help! Join the Women’s Land Army of the U.S. Crop
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