| Show LADY MARINE TELLS OF experiences S by grace shumway lillian lyman our lady marine left blanding july 25 1943 en lio i u ts for the reserve I 1 schools at grand junction she met a very interesting panion at chicago she boarded a troop train ten cars of df women woman marines when they were go ng through washington D Q C she got a view of tha th capitol bu building alding and the washington monument she arrived at camp dejeu lejeune ne I 1 new river N C july 29 and later reported we are really being put through lessons to prepare and plenty of tests theres I 1 nat mt a dull moment the food is 1 delicious our corporal is wonderful ifal ashes really one with us lillian had the privilege of going out on the atlantic ocean she left new sept 6 en I 1 route for california tiia the places i that thai interested her most were wilmington 1 in N C florence S C and augusta ga she writs writes the country is just beyond description inscription its so pretty they have a red soil here and there the cotton plant plantations atins are a novelty to me also ako saw some cotton gins other places of interest on the I 1 trip ware atlanta ga memphis I 1 tenn and el EI paso texas the route through new mexico and arizona was especially enjoyed because the scenery was so much like our san juan county I 1 stayed in los angeles over inight night and arrived at san diego k sap t 10 she found a definite as in the telephone office she aishe reported the officers treat us as the best and certainly make us feel as if were doing an important job I 1 ten days later she writes writa s everything ery thing is still the best here at camp I 1 am getting broken into my new work and like it better than anything ive ever done its an entirely different matter than the little switchboard I 1 worked on at horns home and takes a great amount of anc c nt ration to do it right nov 16 she writes we have just finished 1500 thirty page telephone directories each had to be typed by hand and it took us five days dayi |
