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    U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment in World War II
    U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment in World War II
    U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment in World War II
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    U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment in World War II

    By Jim Moran

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    The little known story of these female reservists and the role they played in WWII, packed with photos.
     
    When US Marine Commandant Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb announced the formation of what became the US Marine Corps’ Women’s Reserve, legend has it, the portrait of one of his predecessors fell off the wall and crashed to the floor—in disbelief. The women were called “Lady Leathernecks,” among other nicknames—some less than flattering.
     
    This branch of the US Marines had been authorized by the US Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30, 1942. The 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 the thousands to “Free a Marine to Fight.”
     
    This book, the first of its kind, explores in detail the role of female 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 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateSep 30, 2017
    ISBN9781526710475
    U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines': Uniforms and Equipment in World War II
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    Jim Moran

    Born in 1954 in Sheffield, England, JIM MORAN lives in Yorkshire with his wife and daughter. Following a grammar school education, Jim has had a forty-year-long career as a civil engineering surveyor working on major highway and airbase construction projects, both in the UK and overseas. Jim has been a student of the history of the United States Marine Corps, massing a huge collection over the past forty years. He has assisted Hollywood productions on uniform and equipment details for Flags of our Fathers, The Pacific (HBO mini-series) and Windtalkers. Jim is an associate member of the Second Marine Division Association, US Marine Raider Association, Marine Corps Association, and US Marine Corps League as well as being the 'on-board ' historian to the US Marine Corps League, Det 1088 (UK).

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      Excellent book of reference regarding the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. Well organized and fun to read. I definitely recommend to anyone wishing to know about this organization.

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