Marge Poitz Collins collection, circa 1943-2002.

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Marge Poitz Collins collection, circa 1943-2002.

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Collection consists of three pieces of sheet music relating to women marines: "March of the Women Marines, Silver Anniversary Edition"; "Women Marines' Waltz, Silver Anniversary"; and "She's a Lady Marine"; together with two black-and-white photographs of women working at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and color photograph of Collins receiving a certificate wearing her original uniform in 2002.

6 items.

Library of the Marine Corps

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SNAC Resource ID: 7327047

Library of the Marine Corps

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United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve

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The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve was the World War II women's branch of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. Its purpose was to release officers and men for combat, and to replace them with women in U.S. shore stations for the duration of the war plus six months. Ruth Cheney Streeter was appointed the first director. The Reserve did not accept African American or Japane...

Collins, Marge Poitz

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Served in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II. From the description of Marge Poitz Collins collection, circa 1943-2002. (USMC Research Library). WorldCat record id: 318203849 ...

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.)

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United States. Marine Corps

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