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Title
[Jane
Beetham
Jones
at
desk
,
circa
1965]
Date
1965
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Marines--Women Marines
Marines
Item description
Jane
Beetham
Jones
works
at a
desk
,
circa
1965
. She
wears
the
Women
Marines
winter
service
uniform
with the
insignia
of a
sergeant
.
Veteran's name
Jones, Jane Caroline Beetham
Veteran's biography
Jane
Beetham
Jones
(1927-2011)
of
Detroit
,
Michigan
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Marine
Corps
Reserve
from
1952
to
1980
.
Jane
Beetham
Jones
was
born
and
raised
in
Detroit
,
Michigan
. In
1945
she
graduated
from
Redford
High
School
,
where
she was a
member
of the
Civil
Air
Patrol
, and
briefly
worked
as a
waitress
on
U.S
.
Coast
Guard-supervised
boats
.
Jones
then
attended
the
University
of
Minnesota
on a
scholarship
for
two
years
,
while
working
summers
at the "
Detroit
News
". She
remained
at the
newspaper
as a
full
time
replacement
staffer
until
1953
, and also
attended
the
University
of
Detroit
for
two
years
.
Jones
joined
the
U.S
.
Marine
Corps
Reserve
,
5th
Infantry
Battalion
, in
1952
in
Detroit
. She
attended
boot
camp
at
Camp
Lejeune
,
North
Carolina
,
over
the
course
of
three
summers
. She
continued
to have
summer
tours
,
usually
in the
Public
Information
Office
, at
bases
including
San
Diego
,
California
;
Norfolk
,
Virginia
;
Pensacola
,
Florida
;
Cherry
Point
,
North
Carolina
;
St
.
Louis
,
Missouri
; and
Tustin
and
El
Toro
,
California
. She also
taught
military
history
while
stationed
at
Quantico
,
Virginia
, and
finished
her
career
with the
Air
Reserve
at
Selfridge
Air
Force
Base
in
Michigan
,
retiring
in
1980
.
Jane
Jones
met
her
husband
while
with the
Marine
Corps
in
Detroit
and
married
in
1960
.
Until
his
death
in
1972
, the
Jones
were
stationed
together
during
summer
tours
.
In
between
summer
duties
,
Jones
worked
at a
wine
shop
during
the
late
1950s
;
doing
public
relations
for a
glass
replacement
company
from
1960
to
1965
; and in
public
relations
for
Rockwell
International
from
1965
to
1970
.
After
Jones
left
the
reserves
in
1980
, she
worked
in
public
information
for the
City
of
Detroit
until
retiring
from that
position
in
1992
.
Jones
then
relocated
to
Durham
,
North
Carolina
. She
passed
away
on
1
September
,
2011
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Work photographs
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
WV0356 Jane Beetham Jones Papers
Collection summary
The
collection
contains
a
2006
Oral
History
;
Photographs
;
Newsletters
,
clipping
and
scrapbook
.
Newsletters
and
clipping
contain
articles
that
feature
Jones
in the
Marines
. The
scrapbook
contains
photographs
,
additional
clippings
, and
papers
related
to
Jones's
military
service
.
Nineteen
black-and-white
photographs
show
a
recruiting
event
at
Broadhead
Armory
in
Detroit
in the
early
1950s
; a
Marine
Corps
League
convention
; and
Jones
on the
job
in the
late
1960s
.
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IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0356.6.006
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
900813949
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