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    Identifier

    20146905

    Description

    Pictured here is Captain Mary J. Hale, USMC-W. She organized a woman's reserve platoon that was attached to the 155 Millimeter Howitzer Battalion at the Naval air Station, Grand Prairie. Captain Hale, one of less than a dozen women to hold the rank of captain in the Marine Corps at the time will be made inspector-instructor for the platoon. She is assistant to Major Joe B. Russell, inspector-instructor of the battalion.

    Archival Date

    1951-01-30

    Collection Name

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

    Collection Number

    AR406-6-2399

    Original Format

    Negatives, Black & White

    File Format

    JPG

    Rights

    Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

    Subjects

    Military; Instructors; Military Reserves

    Names

    Hale, Mary J.; United States. Marine Corps; United States, Marine Corps. 155 Howitzer Battalion; Grand Prairie Reserves Center (Grand Praire, Tex.)

    Subjects

    Military; Instructors; Military Reserves

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