A Woman Marine meets with a worker at the shoe repair shop, at Camp Pendleton, CA, on July 15, 1955. Credit: No. CP. Official Photograph "U.S. Marine Corps"

Colonel Youmans rides in a convertible during a parade in San Diego County, California, in 1955. She had been named Miss Carlsbad. She wears her dress blue uniform and ca[...]

Women Marines practicing softball at Camp Pendleton, California, circa 1955. Credit: No. CP. Official Photograph "U.S. Marine Corps"

A Woman Marine plays at a California beach, circa 1955. Credit: No. CP. Official Photograph "U.S. Marine Corps"

Women Marines practice softball at Camp Pendleton, CA, circa 1955. Marines and civilians watch from bleachers. " Credit: No. CP. Official Photograph "U.S. Marine Corps"

Women Marines practicing softball at Camp Pendleton, CA, circa 1955. Credit: No. CP. Official Photograph "U.S. Marine Corps"

Group photo of the Women Marines Recruit Battalion Platoon 16-A, at Parris Island, South Carolina, 1954. The platoon was led by Staff Sergeant J. L. Shipman, Sergeant H. [...]

Dolores Hamrick poses by a Ford truck in her Women Marines winter service uniform, on Christmas 1954.

Dolores Hamrick poses in her Women Marines summer service uniform and garrison cap, in September 1955.

Dolores Hamrick and fellow Women Marines pose for a group picture. The Marines in the front row wear utility uniforms. " Pictured in the back row, left to right: C. Jeann[...]