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Edna Painter Searles (1923-2015), of Roanoke, Virginia, served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from 1944 to October 1945. Edna Painter Searles was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. She graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1939 and then attended business school before going to work for a law firm in Kingsport. In 1944, Searles joined the Marine Corps Women's Reserve and went to basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She remained at Camp Lejeune, working in the legal office. Searles later became a court reporter, and was eventually the non-commissioned officer in charge of the legal office. She was discharged in October 1945. Searles married in July 1945. Her husband's United States Air Force service took their family to South [...] Read more
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