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D17728-2
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- 1944-06-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The three Tacoma women being saluted were on their way to boot camp in this photograph from June 1944.(l to r) Pvt. Edna Patricia Fisher, Pvt. Pauline May Hall, Pvt. Betty Jean Miller are shown in the Marine Corp recruiting office on the 7th floor of the Rust Building at 950 Pacific Ave. The recruiting officer was Sgt. Barbara Baker. The inductees will be leaving shortly for Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina. (T. Times, 6/10/44, p. 4).
Marines (Military personnel); World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--Tacoma; War posters; Women--Military service;