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  2. Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Marine blue dress uniform features a stand collar and red stripe in the trousers, while the Army blue dress uniform features an open collar worn with a white shirt and black tie, and a gold stripe on the trousers. The Marine service and dress uniforms displays fewer items - only rank insignia, ribbons, marksmanship badges, and breast insignia.

  3. Women in the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943, during America's involvement in World War II. [8] Ruth Cheney Streeter was its first director. [ 9 ] Over 20,000 women Marines served in World War II, in over 225 different specialties, filling 85 percent of the enlisted jobs at Headquarters Marine Corps and comprising one-half ...

  4. Military tiara - Wikipedia

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    The United States Marine Corps (USMC) tiara was originally patterned in red with gold embellishments. [3] It was designed by Mainbocher for Colonel Katherine Amelia Towle and debuted by her, along with Mainbocher's prototype of the first Marine Corps women's evening dress uniform, at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in November 1950.

  5. The Marines are moving gradually and sometimes reluctantly to ...

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    Since 1949, all female recruits have gone through boot camp at the South Carolina base; the 4th Battalion was created in 1986 as the women's unit. The Marines have inched grudgingly toward ...

  6. The Marine Corps Is Developing a Better-Fitting, More ... - AOL

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    Marines could soon be sporting new olive-green PT shirts and shorts, both featuring breathable, black mesh-knit side panels. The Marine Corps Is Developing a Better-Fitting, More Functional PT Uniform

  7. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve - Wikipedia

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    A Marine Corps Women's Reserve recruiting poster during World War II. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR) was the World War II women's branch of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. It was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942. Its purpose was to release ...

  8. Man Reunites Late Marine's World War II Uniform with His ...

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    "I would never have imagined just owning this jacket would've turned into all of this," collector Austin Wideman tells PEOPLE

  9. Katherine Amelia Towle - Wikipedia

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    On November 4, 1948, she returned to the corps to become the first director of Women Marines after they were constituted a regular component. In 1950 the Marine Corps contracted the fashion design house of Mainbocher to design new uniforms for the Women Marines. The prototype of the first Marine Corps women's evening dress uniform was tailored ...