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US Marine Corps Women's Reserve

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

US Marine Corps Women's Reserve

By Jim Moran

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About the book

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 an...Show more

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9781526710451

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Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2017

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1

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US Marine Corps Women's Reserve

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Hardcover

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