Charlotte Plummer Owen scrapbook, 1993-2005.
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Owen, Charlotte Plummer, 1918-2004
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Director of the U.S. Women's Marine Band, 1944-1945; later director of the Ann Arbor Summer Civic Band. From the description of Charlotte Plummer Owen scrapbook, 1993-2005. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 317495453 Charlotte Plummer Owen (1918-2004), championship clarinetist and Marine Corps Band conductor, was actively involved in teaching, performing and conducting for over 65 years. She graduated from Eugene High School in 1935 where she captured one of the ...
United States. Marine Corps
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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...
Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band
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The Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band was founded in 1943 as part of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve that served during World War II. The band was organized by Captain William F. Santelmann, Director of the United States Marine Band from 1940 to 1955. The band was stationed at Camp Lejeune, and forty-three members were recruited from major conservatories and from Marine Corps Reserve enlistees with professional training in music. A total of sixtyseven women served in the band during its existen...
