Woman Marine Recruits Arrive on Troop Train
Brigadier General Henry L. Larsen, commander of Camp Lejeune, was on hand to greet a troop train of women Marine
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Last Group of Marine Recruits at Camp Lejeune
Last group of women marine recruits to train at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during World War II. Military bearing and
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WAVES and SPARS Take Oath of Enlistment
Prospective WAVES and SPARS take the oath of enlistment in a ceremony held in front of New York City Hall,
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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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Ensign Speaks to Potential WAVES Recruits
Ensign May Herrmann talks to two young women concerning enlistment in the Navy Women’s Reserve, at the Officer Procurement office,
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Recruits
Newly arrived Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps recruits, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942. Photo size: 2784 × 2227 Photo source:
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Marine Corps Drill Instructor Looks Over New Recruits
In the Marine Corps, the DI (Drill Instructor) has the toughest job of them all – converting a civilian into
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