US Marine Corps Women's Reserve : 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment ...

Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. OOP-CAS-2018-9781526749055-WH2 US Marine Corps Women's Reserve: Uniforms & Equipment in WWII by Jim Moran ISBN:9781526749055 Book Title:US Marine Corps Women's Reserve 'They Are Marines' Uniforms and Equipment in World War II Author:Jim Moran Binding:Soft Cover Copyright:2018 Pages:208 Size:7 x 9.75 in. When the US Marine Commandant, Major General Thomas Holcomb, announced the formation of what became the US Marine Corps' Women's Reserve, legend has it that the portrait of the fifth Commandant, Archibald Henderson, fell off the wall and crashed to the floor -- 'in disbelief'. This branch of the US Marines was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. This law allowed for the acceptance of women into the reserve as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level, effective for the duration of the war plus six months. The purpose of the law was to release officers and men for combat and to replace them with women in shore stations. The result was that between 1943 and 1945 the women of America enlisted in their thousands to 'Free A Man to Fight'. This book, the first of its kind, explores in detail the role of Women Marines, or WRs as they were known at the time. It also presents a detailed study of the uniforms of the WRs supported by numerous colour photographs. This book has been written with the full support of the US Marine Corps Histories Division, the Women Marine Association and surviving WR veterans. (Prefillable generated 2024-12-02) bfc9fc8072e197038aa15262bfe5bdeb

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