Records Relating to the Commemoration of the Year of the Women Marines, and to Subsequent Women Marine Activities, January 1968–April 1972

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Records Relating to the Commemoration of the Year of the Women Marines, and to Subsequent Women Marine Activities, January 1968–April 1972

1968-1972

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7431767

This series consists of newsletters, press releases, photographs, stories, song sheets, artwork, newspaper clippings, proclamations, and invitations to ceremonies relating to the Marine Corps commemoration of 25 years of Marine women in 1968 with a yearlong celebration designed to honor women Marines, past and present. Included are official biographies and photographs of Marine women directors; and of the young, active duty Marine women representing each state, comprising the 1968 Governors' Platoon. Also included are records concerning the Molly Marine Award for noteworthy achievement, with a photograph of Staff Sergeant Leta M. Michelsen of Wickenburg, Arizona receiving the very first award from Mrs. Olga C. Bullock, National President of the Women Marines Association. Other early recipients of the award who are pictured include Staff Sergeant Dolores L. McCarter, Privates Kathleen J. Brasington and Laura Broadus, as well as Lieutenant Cheryl S. Gillespie, of Alton, Illinois. "Chesty," the English bulldog mascot of the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, is also photographed in several different poses and appears in many newspaper clippings from across the country. At the end of the series are many newspaper clippings and some photographs concerning the appointment of Colonel Jeanette I. Sustad of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as sixth Director of Women Marines.

2 linear feet, 6 linear inches

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National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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