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94 moments · 1775-04-19T00:00:00Z CE – 2022-08-06T00:00:00Z CE · by @athan · @athan
The Marine Corps Women's Reserve is established
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Commandant Thomas Holcomb opened the Corps to women for the duration of the war. About **20,000 women Marines** served by 1945, in more than 200 specialties. > "They are Marines. They don't have a nickname, and they don't need one." — Commandant Thomas Holcomb **Read more:** [United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Women%27s_Reserve) *Image: Wikimedia Commons (from the article above).*
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