U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve officially established 70 years ago today (1943)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Marine Corps Women's Reserve Drill Team, circa 1945'

(Saturday, February 13, 1943; during World War II) — The U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was officially established today to provide women shore duty jobs so the men of the Marine Corps could be released for combat duty.