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MASSILLON – Once upon a time, 12-year-old April Showers spotted an ad in "Teen" magazine seeking people interested in a pen pal. Showers, a fan of the Beatles, responded asking for a pen pal ...
An illustration of U.S. Marines in various uniform setups. From left to right: A U.S. Marine in a Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform with full combat load c. late 2003, a U.S. Marine in a (full) blue dress uniform, a U.S. Marine officer in a service uniform, and a U.S. Marine general in an evening dress uniform.
In a closed Facebook group called "Marines United," which consisted of 30,000 active duty and retired members of the United States Armed Forces and British Royal Marines, hundreds of photos of female servicemembers from every branch of the military were distributed. [3] The page included links to Dropbox and Google Drive with even more images.
Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen-pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. The name of the show referred to the appearance of Earth as a giant marble, popularized by The Blue Marble, a famous photograph taken in December 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17.
After writing to each other for nearly four decades, cross-country pen pals Sandi Fisher and Beth Graham finally met earlier this month.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - After nearly four decades of airmailed, handwritten letters, two pen pals living half a world away from each other finally met face to face. In the 1970s, there was a kids ...
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 ...
Mess dress uniform is the most formal (or semi-formal, depending on the country) type of evening-wear uniform used by military personnel, police personnel, and other uniformed services members. It frequently consists of a mess jacket , trousers , white dress shirt and a black bow tie, along with orders and medals insignia .