Swank family World War II collection, 1942-1945.

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Swank family World War II collection, 1942-1945.

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Materials relating to the World War II military careers of Lufkin, Tex., residents Harry F. Swank in the Marine Corps (1941-1945) and his wife, Mary Addie Foster in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve (1943-1945). Includes a Bible issued to service personnel and a war ration book.

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Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051651

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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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United States. Marine Corps

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Swank, Mary Foster

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