Women Marines in the Korean War Era

by Petra A. Soderbergh

Overview

This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a lost generation of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn. They were, in fact, a thin green line—and they stood fast, just like Marines are taught to do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275948276
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1994
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1150L (what's this?)

About the Author

PETER A. SODERBERGH is Professor of Education at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. He served as a platoon commander in Korea and resigned from the U.S. Marine Corps as a captain in 1958. He has published nine books and numerous articles in a variety of professional jourbanals and magazines. His most recent work is Women Marines: The World War II Era (1992). He is on the Board of Directors of the Marine Corps Historical Center in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Photographs
Foreword by Colonel Eleanor M. Wilson
Introduction
The Girls of Summer
Goodbye to All That?
The Thin Green Line
Storm Over Asia
The Way They Were
In the Wake of War
Of Time and Tides
L'Envoi
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Soderbergh (education, Louisiana State U.) served as a platoon commander in Korea and resigned from the US Marine Corps as a captain in 1958. He depicts the earliest women reservists (WRs) as pioneers and reveals the motivations which prompted them to join the service. Some 80 WRs who served between 1948-1955 reminisce about boot camp, mobilization, and why they joined the reserves. Soderbergh discusses attitudes about the women marines and the media's minimal coverage of their contributions. Includes numerous b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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