United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve

Schultz, Edna Hill, 1922-2006. Youth inSouth Portland, Maine; Worked in shipyard;joined U.S. Marine Corps (WR), 1944; Basic training at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Daily routine and classes; Clerk in the Schools Command, Camp Lejeune; Promoted to Corporal; Visit of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; V:J Day celebra­ tion; Discharged in May 1946; Significance of Marine Corps service; Member, Women Marines Association.

Klatt, Elizabeth, 1920-. Education at Pembroke College, 1942; Joined Marine Corps (WR) in March 1943; Training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR) , Bronx, N.Y.; Comments on classes, uniforms, drill, inspections, and exams; Advanced training at Radio School, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, July-November 1943; assigned to Goleta Air Station, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Duties as a radio oper­ator decoding messages; Social life, recreation, Hollywood Canteen; Discharged October 1945; GI Bill for teacher certification; Teaching positions in Japan and Connecticut; Member, Women Marines Association; Significance of Marine Corps service.

Kenser, Jean Laidler, 1923-. Reminiscences of an enlisted rate, USMC (WR) during WWII. Includes youth in Providence, RI.; Work at Hospital Trust;joined MC in April 1943; Wanted to make a contribution and MC ad­ vertised as the best service; Assigned to recruiting office, Boston, Mass.; Attended USNTS (WR) Hunter College, for training; Attended NCO School, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Graduated as Corpo­ ral and assigned to Headquarter Company, Women Reserve School as clerk/typist; Collateral duty as Drill Instructor; Recreation; Dating; Married a Marine in 1944; Discharged in May 1945; Impact of MC service on life; Changes WWII brought to women's lives; Member RI. Chapter of Association of Women Marines; Marine Corps service a positive experience and one of growth.

Hayes, Marilyn Morrissey 1920-. Reminiscences of an enlisted Marine (WR) during WWII. Includes youth in Newport, RI.; Employment at John Stevens shop; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Bombing; volunteered at Newport Hospital; Enlisted in Marines inJanuary 1945; Basic Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Fear of drill sergeant; Intimidated by training; Stayed on base; Mess duty; Assigned to Marine Corps School as driver for Director, Quantico, Va.; Social life; Met Captain M. McAfee, Director of the WAVES; aAssigned to MC Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Discharged in June 1946; Newport during wartime; joining MC (WR) a positive experience; Marriage in 1947; Employed briefly by Ada Bethune.

Oral history of Martha Adams Marshall, served in the Marine Corps (WR) during WWII.

Pion, Mary Jeanne Ziegler, 1921-. Reminiscences of an enlisted Marine (WR) during WWII. Youth in Marietta, Ohio; Attended Business College, Columbus, Ohio; Employment at Lazarus Co; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bomb­ ing;Joined the MC in March 1943for patriotic reasons and new experiences; Trained at USNTS (WR) Hunter College; MC uniform; Assigned to Discharge Department, MC HDS, as secretary; Lived in Henderson Hall, then apartment; Promoted to Sta.ff Sergeant; Social life and recreation; Met husband; Married in March 1944; Discharged in August 1944; Impact of MC service on life; Member WMC Association; Employment after marriage and family.

Leckie, Mary McLaughlin Murphy, 1921-. Reminiscences of a WWII Marine (WR). Includes youth in Providence and Barrington, RI.; Attended Katherine Gibbs School; Worked for the Red Cross, Providence, R.I.; Joined the Marines 1944; Negative parental reaction; Basic training at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Classes and marching; Liked uniform; Assigned as a clerk to Cherry Point, N.C., MAS in Combat Condi­tioning Department; Social life; Saw Tyrone Power; Disastrous fire that killed several women Marines; Marriage in November 1944; VJ Day Celebrations; Discharged in October 1945; Marine Corps a positive experience; Settled in New York; Returned to Barrington in 1984.