Oral history interview with Lorraine M. Allord [sound recording], 1995.
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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...
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Allord (b. January 27, 1920) entered the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in November 1943 and achieved the rank of Staff Sargent. She was honorably discharged November 1,1945 and lived in Madison (Wis.) for several years before permanently settling in Middleton (Wis.). From the description of Oral history interview with Lorraine M. Allord [sound recording], 1995. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 52966408 ...
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