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craig_pickrall
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Does she smoke after snaps?

 

Those are great old ads.

 

So did the Marines actually have a woman doing aerial photography in those days?

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craig_pickrall

I don't know for sure that they had women in that job but I don't see any reason why not.

 

They had women pilots, air craft mechanics, etc.

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Charlie Flick

Unfortunately for Florence, if she kept up her Camel cigarette habit after the war she was probably dead of lung cancer or emphysema by 1965. Actor John Wayne appeared in similar cigarette ads, but cancer finally got him too.

 

Charlie

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  • 4 months later...
So did the Marines actually have a woman doing aerial photography in those days?

At least the USMC Sgt Grace L. Wyman. :)

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craig_pickrall

I wonder if Florence and Grace are the same woman?

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  • 3 years later...

Thought I'd "breathe" some more life into this old thread. According to the 1939 Popular Mechanics (November), I found tonight at my inlaws old house, the Marines on the ground prefer Chesterfields???

 

I also found a July 1944 "American Photography" with an article on WWII aerial photography

 

Greg

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Florence and Grace were different persons. Grace was my Aunt.

 

 

That is very interesting that Grace was your aunt. Do you have any information on her service?

It would be great to hear more about her life.

 

...Kat

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