Bob Hudson Posted March 7, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 7, 2015 Got a call late yesterday from someone telling me that a nearby estate sale had items from a woman who was in the Marine Corps during WWII and the Korean War. It was in a gated community and it took quite a while before I could reach someone who could put my name on the list to get past the gate. The sale was almost over for the day when I got there, but the estate sale operator let me take my time once she saw the pile I was accumulating: This woman is still alive and at age 91 has apparently moved to an assisted living facility, but she took her uniforms with her, but she left a treaure trove in these scrapbooks, a couple of which are full of photos and the other which have documents and numerous newspaper clips about WR's, her base, and the WWII Marines in general. When I return from my Saturday flea market booth I will start photographing some of the contents of these: She enlisted in 1943 and was discharged at the end of 1945 when Marines were disbanding the Women's Reserve. She later reenlisted and served stateside during the Korean War. She was very active in the Women Marines Assocation and the Marine Corps League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mes Posted March 7, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 7, 2015 Wow what a superb grouping. Talk about some photo albums Hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted March 7, 2015 Wow what a superb grouping. Talk about some photo albums Hard to find. Besides the photos she kept a huge selection of WWII newspaper clippings, from civilian and military papers. They make for a very informative perspective of WR life and the Marines in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted March 7, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 7, 2015 Very impressive! Imagine her uniform group is equally impressive in depth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted March 7, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 7, 2015 A treasure trove of WM items! Congratulations and thanks for posting. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave peifer Posted March 7, 2015 Share #10 Posted March 7, 2015 man that is one great group bob..............dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge8 Posted March 8, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 8, 2015 Maybe they can put you in touch with her, and you can get her story down straight from her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knd643 Posted March 8, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 8, 2015 That's an amazing grouping. You don't see many Women Marines items but a whole grouping. You hit the jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Hudson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted March 8, 2015 . That's her in the uniform: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted March 8, 2015 There are two photo albums, the others albums are scrapbooks. Most of the album photos are small, and there are a lot of them. Lots and lots of photos of buildings at Quantico: But mostly it's people - the WR'S are in uniform and civvies (and sometimes in bathing suits) in these photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Hudson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share #20 Posted March 8, 2015 These Women Marines had a big adventure in WWII, but theirs certainly was a different war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dave peifer Posted March 8, 2015 Share #24 Posted March 8, 2015 out standing group of photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted March 8, 2015 out standing group of photos That is only about 10% of the photos: Between loose photos and the two albums I counted about 650 photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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