US Marine Corps Women's Reserve

US Marine Corps Women's Reserve ‘They Are Marines’: Uniforms and Equipment in World War II Author:Jim Moran Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6.5" x 9.5" Pages:208 Photos:100 illustrations Publisher:Frontline Books ISBN:9781526749055 Item No. 9781526749055 When the US Marine Commandant, Major General Thomas Holcomb, announced the formation of what became the US Marine Corps’ Women’s Reserve, legend has it that the portrait of the fifth Commandant, Archibald Henderson, fell off the wall and crashed to the floor – ‘in disbelief’. This branch of the US Marines was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942.This law allowed for the acceptance of women into the reserve as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level, effective for the duration of the war plus six months. The purpose of the law was to release officers and men for combat and to r