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Show nii)-- One of the phenomena of the late war was the superb manner in which women seed in oil branches of t,e armed forces. And not the least of these were the Women Marines, who distinguished dis-tinguished themselves so as I to be honored with a place ) jn the regular Marjne corps. Above photo shows General j , B. Cates, commandant of the corps, administering the oath of enlistment to the first eight women to be enlisted in the regular Marine Ma-rine corps. i " -V Ll: ill? ; J -I ! f ' - i Ji M ,f ;i tiL 1 "Free a Marine to fight" was the watchword. Marines with full battle packs marched off to war, and Women Marines, trained to take their non-combatant jobs, marched in to Camp Lejeune, N. C. That picture (above) was repeated many times a month at Marine posts and stations throughout- the country during the war. At left, Col. Katherine Towle is congratulated by General Cates upon her appointment as director of women, U. S. Marine corps. " ' y 1 : . ' , A -. : i V vv -" rv ' . - J w -twJ , nnnMMimll..rttn jjAAjtj I .. '- 1 !5 More than half of the ' entire Women's Reserve was ': assigned to the Marine air j m. The women took over virtually every type of j gtound job in aviation and ' performed with expert resourcefulness. re-sourcefulness. Some of them ere assigned the most ex-- ex-- wring of tasks, like the Women Marines who leorned how to pack- para-cfiutes para-cfiutes at the Paramarine school during World War II (below.) i ' - if i " Vs ' A ; r |
