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[Letter from Mary Cugini Necko to her parents, 1945]

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Title	[Letter from Mary Cugini Necko to her parents, 1945]
Date	1945-05-15
Item creator's name	Necko, Mary Cugini
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 writes to her parents about the end of the war. Necko discusses her experiences at the celebrations in Washington D.C. at length.
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.
Type	text
Original format	correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
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	3: Correspondence, March 1945-June 1945
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	WV0094.4.005
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	900816503

[Letter from Mary Cugini Necko to her parents, 1945]

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