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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D8474-5
Date(s)
- 1939-06-18 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
U. S. Marine Corps departing for summer camp at San Diego. Parents standing with their son, a young Marine, at the train station. Departing Marines can be seen in the background; bags and suitcases litter the ground around the trio. The mother determinedly fights back tears as she gives a small box, perhaps containing home baked goodies, to her son, who may be leaving home for the first time. The father beams proudly at his departing son in uniform. The Tacoma Marine Corps Reservists for 15 days in June of 1939 will become part of the famed 6th Regiment regulars. TPL-1976
Marines (Military personnel)--1930-1940; Military uniforms--1930-1940; Farewells; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military service;