Title	[Portrait of Shirley F. John, circa 1954]
Date	1954
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	Korean War, 1950-1953 United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era	Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch	Marines--Women Marines
Item description	Portrait of Shirley F. John, circa 1954, in the Women Marines' forest green uniform and bell-crown hat. The photo is signed "With love, Shirley."
Veteran's name	John, Shirley Marlene Ferren
Veteran's biography	Shirley Ferren John (b. 1935) of Seymour, Iowa, served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) from 1953 to 1955, then worked with Carolina Telephone in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1968 to 1996. Shirley John was born in Seymour, Iowa, on December 11, 1935. She graduated from high school in 1953 and then worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell in Des Moines, Iowa, until she was old enough to join the Marine Corps . In January of 1954, John enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and attended basic training at Parris Island. She was then stationed at Camp Lejeune outside Jacksonville, North Carolina, where she worked in the provost marshal’s office. In February 1955 she was sent to S-3 training. John left the service in July of 1955 after getting married. After leaving the USMC, John worked as a bookkeeper for Pabst Blue Ribbon while her husband was stationed at Parris Island. She later lived in El Toro, California, and Iowa while her husband continued his military service. In 1968 John settled in Jacksonville, where she had a long career with Carolina Telephone (now Sprint) before retiring in 1996.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Formal portrait
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	WV0248 Shirley F. John Papers
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	WV0248.6.001
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	900812334

[Portrait of Shirley F. John, circa 1954]

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