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Object Description
Title
[USMC
Dress
blue
uniform
,
circa
1987]
Date
1987
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Service branch
Marines
Item description
Marine
Corps
Dress
Blue
uniform
,
made
of
blue
gabardine
wool
, with the
U.S
.
Marines
emblem
on
each
lapel
.
It
has
four
buttons
down
the
front
,
one
on
each
shoulder
tab
, and
three
on
each
of the
decorative
sleeve
tabs
. The
buttons
'
design
has an
eagle
with
wings
outspread
,
holding
an
anchor
with
rope
in its
talons
, and
13
stars
surround
the
top
.
Red
piping
surrounds
the
edges
of the
shoulder
tabs
,
collar
, and
sleeve
tabs
. A
decorative
breast
pocket
adorns
the
left
side
of the
coat
. On
each
shoulder
,
Jenny
Barker's
rank
insignia
of
staff
sergeant
is
indicated
. There are
two
diagonal
stripes
on
each
sleeve
(each
stripe
signifying
four
years
of
service
in the
Marine
Corps.)
Barker
served
nine
and
1/2
years
and would have
received
a
third
stripe
after
twelve
years
of
service
.
Veteran's name
Barker, Dorothy Virginia Kirwan
Veteran's biography
Dorothy
"
Jenny
"
Barker
(b
.
1959)
of
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Marine
Corps
from
1979
to
1988
.
Dorothy
"
Jenny
"
Barker
was
born
in
1959
and
is
a
native
of
Greensboro
,
N.C
. She
served
in the
U.S
.
Marine
Corps
from
1979
to
1988
and was a
heavy
equipment
operator
at
Fort
Leonard
Wood
,
Missouri
.
Type
image
Original format
textiles
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0417 Jenny Barker Papers
Collection summary
Dress
Blue
Jacket
,
White
Dress
Shirt
,
Collar
Tie
,
Dress
Blue
Skirts
,
Sweater
"
Wooly
Pully
"
white
dress
uniform
peaked
cap
,
summer
garrison
cap
,
winter
olive
green
garrison
cap
,
shirt
tabs
,
wool
scarf
,
blue
dress
uniform
jacket
,
pair
of
black
dress
shoes
.
photograph
of "
Marine
Corps
Recruit
Depot
Parris
Island
SC
Platoon
6A
and
6B
.
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information
NO
COPYRIGHT
-
UNITED
STATES
. This
item
has been
determined
to be
free
of
copyright
restrictions
in the
United
States
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0417.8.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900817388
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