Leckie, Mary Mclaughlin Murphy

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.