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English:
The first group of 71 Women Marine Officer Candidates arrived 13 March 1943 at the U.S. Midshipmen School (Women's Reserve) at
Mount Holyoke College
in
South Hadley
,
Massachusetts
. The Navy's willingness to share training facilities enabled the Marine Corps to begin training Marine Corps Women's Reserve officers just one month after the creation of the MCWR was announced.
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| Source | www.tecom.usmc.mil (U.S. Marine Corps History website) |
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U.S. Marines (Official Marine Corps Photo # 10683)
( http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Home_Page.htm ) |
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This file is a work of a
United States Marine
or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
.
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