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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The Wrench and Hammer Brigade
Private First Class Priscilla Goodrich (left) and Private Elaine Munsinger (right) break down an airplane engine in the Assembly and
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Woman Marine Sentry at Camp Lejeune
Private Eleanora Julia Csanady takes her turn on sentry duty at Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Schools at Camp Lejeune, North
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Swearing-In of New York Area Women Marines
Frank V. McKinless swears in the first Women Marines in the New York area in February 1943. The induction took
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