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Report
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
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Genre: United States
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Free a Marine to Fight

Free a Marine to Fight
Author: Mary V. Stremlow
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1994
Genre: History
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Marines in World War 2 Commemorative Series. Discusses how women Marines served in noncombat billets during World War 2. The title "Free a Marine to Fight" means that women Marines served in noncombat jobs so that male Marines could fight in battles. The Marines first began to recruit women after the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942. States that 17,672 women were serving in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in June 1945. Illustrated with many black and white photographs.