Title	[Women Marines outside in snow, 1946]
Date	1946-02
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 Cugini Necko (right) and her friends Norma (left) and Roseann (center) stand in the snow at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, in February 1946. "The Lady Leathernecks" as they called themselves, wear the Marine Corps Women's Reserve forest green winter uniform and forest green bell crown hat.
Veteran's name	Necko, Mary Cugini
Veteran's biography	Mary Cugini Necko (1924-2009) of Brighton, Massachusetts, served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from November 1944 to May 1946 . Mary Cugini Necko was born 14 November 1924, in Brighton, Massachusetts. She graduated from high school in 1942 and went to work as a statistical clerk for the U.S. Department of Commerce, while also studying accounting at Boston University . In November 1944, Necko joined the Women Marines. She was sent basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in January 1945, and then went to work in reimbursement at Marine Corps Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. In May 1946, Necko was discharged as a corporal . Necko attended Strayer Business College after her discharge and then worked for a finance company in Washington, DC. In 1948, she married Val Necko and they had two children. Necko also worked for the Navy Department as a civilian and at the Federal Building as a meteorological technician. She volunteered at a Veterans Administration hospital and was involved with the Women Marines Association. Necko moved to High Point, North Carolina where she died 15 June 2009.
Place	Arlington (Va.)
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	WV0094 Mary Cugini Necko Papers
Collection summary	The Mary Cugini Necko Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, military papers, Necko's poems, newspaper clippings, souvenirs, copies of the newsletters The U.S. Marine Corps Beachhead and The Marine Corps Women's Reserve The Word, textiles, and a 1999 oral history transcript. A scrapbook from her time in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve has been digitized.
Series/grouping	1: Papers
Box	1
Folder	1: Photographs, 1945-1946, 1998
Finding aid link	https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=628
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0094.6.002
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	900811316

[Women Marines outside in snow, 1946]

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