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Title
[Two
Marines
and a
WAVE
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Marines--USMC Womens Reserve
Item description
Mary
McLeod
Rogers
(left)
poses
with her
friends
Mary
Chenery
and
Alice
Gauin
,
circa
1945
. The
two
Marines
wear
forest
green
winter
uniforms
with
bell-crown
hats
. The
woman
in the
middle
appears
to be a
U.S
.
Navy
WAVE
in
belted
coat
and
enlisted
service
hat
.
Veteran's name
Rogers, Mary McLeod
Veteran's biography
Mary
McLeod
Rogers
(1921-2011)
of
Taylorsville
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
Marine
Corps
Women’s
Reserve
from
April
1944
until
February
1946
.
Mary
McLeod
Rogers
was
born
20
June
1921
and
grew
up
in
Taylorsville
,
North
Carolina
, and
graduated
from
high
school
in
1937
. She
took
a
business
course
at
Brevard
College
in
Brevard
,
North
Carolina
, then
got
an
apartment
with her
sisters
in
Charlotte
,
North
Carolina
. She
worked
at the
Hardware
Mutual
Fire
Insurance
Company
for
five
years
.
Rogers
joined
the
Women
Marines
in
February
1944
and in
April
was
sent
to
basic
training
at
Camp
Lejeune
,
North
Carolina
. She
completed
boot
camp
in the
summer
with a
second
class
after
recovering
from a
broken
knee
in the
Naval
Hospital
, and
remained
at
Lejeune
for
Paymasters’
School
. In the
fall
Rogers
was
sent
to
Henderson
Hall
in
Arlington
,
Virginia
,
where
she
audited
payrolls
in the
Navy
Annex
. She was
discharged
in
February
1946
, but
continued
in the
same
job
as a
civilian
for a
few
months
.
When
Rogers
returned
to
Charlotte
, she
worked
for
Motors
Insurance
Corporation
and
married
J.B
.
Johnson
in
1949
. They had
three
children
and
lived
in
Whiteville
,
North
Carolina
, and
later
in
Mullins
,
South
Carolina
.
Rogers
also
worked
for an
accountant
and in the
family
business
.
After
the
death
of her
first
husband
, she
moved
back
to
Taylorsville
and
remarried
. She
later
moved
to
Mullins
,
South
Carolina
,
where
she
died
10
November
,
2011
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0134 Mary McLeod Rogers Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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.
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holder
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for
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0134.6.009
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
900811509
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