Jump to content

WWII USMC Womens Reserve photo album


Bob Hudson
 Share

Recommended Posts

This came out of the woodwork today. It is from a WWII USMC Women's Reserve member. From what I can tell, she was a Parachute Rigger stationed in San Diego and at some point spent time in the Navy hospital (based on comments in the album). Besides the photos there are also some copies of a newsletter for her Marine aviation unit and various other little tidbits.

 

1.jpg

 

2.jpg

 

3.jpg

 

4.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Girls just want to have fun....

 

For decades the Tijuana donkeys (often painted like zebras) have hosted gringo tourists and during WWII the Women Marines made the short trip from San Diego to south of the border.

 

11.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Male Parachute Rigger students got to make a jump at graduation time, but the USMC WR's and Navy WAVES riggers didn't:

 

12.jpg

 

13.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is from a Sunday newspaper supplement - kind of like today's Parade Magazine.

 

16.jpg

 

This is the unit newsletter for Marine Air Base Group Two in San Diego. These are small sized, but with perhaps 22 pages per issue. The USMC WR's wrote much of it, especially the reports from various unit repair shops.

 

17.jpg

 

18.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

More shop talk (by the way, this unit was at North Island, which is across the bay from downtown San Diego).

 

24.jpg

 

USMC WR 2nd Anniversary:

 

22.jpg

 

23.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

FS.

 

Now this is one COOL photo album! How do you keep finding such great stuff?

 

....Kat

 

An estate sale operator found this and set it aside for me. How nice!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...
Very nice of them! It pays to know people!

 

...Kat

 

 

And to advertise....

 

Yesterday I looked at two boxes of WWII Women's Marine Reserve uniforms including capes (...er, uh, covers) purse (with sersucker cover), etc. I've made a bid for that and a WWI Red Cross female service uniform and now I'm just waiting for the phone to ring.

 

phone.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 years later...

This came out of the woodwork today. It is from a WWII USMC Women's Reserve member. From what I can tell, she was a Parachute Rigger stationed in San Diego and at some point spent time in the Navy hospital (based on comments in the album). Besides the photos there are also some copies of a newsletter for her Marine aviation unit and various other little tidbits.

 

attachicon.gif1.jpg

 

 

These service albums seam to be standardized in a some way or the other. And yet besides, they appear to be customized at the same time for the concerned unit or location the soldier was in or ad.

Could some one tell me how this worked?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...