Personal Facts [I'm Interested in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve].
Author: United States. Marine Corps
Publisher:
Published: 1944
Total Pages: 0
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Free a Marine to Fight
Author: Mary V. Stremlow
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarines in World War 2 Commemorative Series. Discusses how women Marines served in noncombat billets during World War 2. The title "Free a Marine to Fight" means that women Marines served in noncombat jobs so that male Marines could fight in battles. The Marines first began to recruit women after the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942. States that 17,672 women were serving in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in June 1945. Illustrated with many black and white photographs.
Women Marines in World War I
Author: Linda L. Hewitt
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-06-04
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781499779837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the first women to serve in the Marine Corps is a fascinating record of the dedication and drive of American women during World War I. The purpose of this monograph is to tell the story of the small band of women who answered the Corps' call for volunteers in 1918 with patriotism and enthusiasm. A former Director of Women Marines, Colonel Jeanette I. Sustad, USHC (Ret.) originated the project of compiling data for a history of women Marines who served in World War I. In 1971, she asked various members of the Women Marines Association to interview surviving veterans throughout the country. A questionnaire designed to guide the interviewers as well as background information on the service of women Marines in the 1918-1919 period was developed by Lieutenant Colonel Pat Meid, USMCR. Lieutenant Colonel Meid, who authored the official history, Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II, originally published in 1964, accumulated considerable material on the earlier group of women Marines during her research. This was all made available to the author of this monograph. The interviews conducted during 1971-1972, 29 in number, form a valuable archive of personal experiences of these pioneer women Marines. They have been used to supplement the official records which are sparse and elusive. Muster rolls of the time were checked exhaustively in compiling a roster of women who served, but it proved impossible to discover all the names making up the 305 women who were enlisted as Marine .Corps Reserve (F). Much information was gleaned from contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, particularly from Leatherneck, Marine Corps Gazette, The Marine Magazine, Recruiter's Bulletin, and the New York and Washington daily newspapers. A small but useful collection of Women Marine memorabilia, including photographs, letters, and clippings, was donated by various individuals as a result of publicity about the project.
Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II
Author: Pat Meid
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 116
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Author: Rita Stone
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-07-05
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781514690390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did young women musicians leave their small towns and families to join the Marine Corps during World War II? What was life like for these women at the rapidly-expanding Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina during the war? How did they end up forming the only all-female Marine Corps concert and marching band in the history of the Corps? And how did the male Marines regard the women musicians and all the other female Marines on the base? What happened to these women musicians after the war was over and the band was dissolved? The story of this unusual military band of women musicians reads like a personal memoir. Musical Women Marines is carefully documented from in-person interviews, documents from the historical branch of the United States Marine Corps, letters and tapes from 42 of the 67 band members, news clippings, and reference information from the United States Marine Band, "The President's Own." The book includes 26 photos, both personal and professional. The principal writer, Rita Ellen Stone, met the band historian, Bonnie Smallwood Medin, by accident in 1979. Bonnie's joyous memories, many included in a personal diary, were the inspiration for Musical Women Marines - The Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band in World War II.
Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II
Author: Pat Meid
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-06-09
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781500138387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis brief history of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II is derived from official records and appropriate published and manuscript sources. It is reprinted for the information of those interested in the wartime organization, training, activities, and record of service of women who served as Marines form 1943-1946.
Women in the War for the Final Push to Victory
Author: United States. Office of War Information
Publisher:
Published: 1944
Total Pages: 12
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Author: Mary V. Stremlow
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1996-11
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 0788135333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContents: early planning; the first Women's Reserve (WR); early training: Holyoke and Hunter; training: Camp Lejeune; Reserve Officer's Class; specialist schools; uniforms; style; officer Winter and Summer dress; Summer service; Summer dress; handbags, shoes, and hose; utilities and exercise suits; grooming, handkerchiefs, and undergarments; aviation; matching skills to need; WR employment; administration of women; assistants for the WR; authority; assignment and housing; punishment; overseas; WR Band; epilogue: war's end. Maps and photos.
Fight Like a Girl
Author: Kate Germano
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1633884139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Marine Corps combat veteran with twenty years of service describes her professional battle against gender bias in the Marines and the lessons it holds for other arenas. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at Parris Island convinced that if she expected more of the female recruits just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. One year after she took command of the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved. Then the Marines fired her. This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. Meanwhile, in the U.S. Army, women have already become Army Rangers and applied to be infantry officers. Germano addresses the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads. This study flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed. At a time when women are fighting sexism in many sectors of society, Germano's story has wide-ranging implications and lessons not just for the military but for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.
