Primarily documents Faye Kane Giles' service in the Women Marines from 1943 to 1945 and her life after the war. Giles briefly discusses her education, including attending business school, and her employment at the American Steel and Wire Company. She recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor and shares her reasons for enlisting in the Women Marines. " Giles describes the train ride to Hunter College. Of her time there, she mentions marching, instructors, vaccinations, punishments, and the daily schedule. She talks about being sent to Atlanta, only to be immediately put on a train to Nashville, where she was the first Woman Marine at the recruiting station. She discusses recruiting young men, problems with illiteracy, attending church, and her professional relationships with male Marines. Topics from Giles' time at first sergeant school in Philadelphia include living in the Benjamin Franklin Hotel; excelling in map reading; rifle drills; and being treated as equal to male Marines. Of her subsequent time at Marine Corps Air Station in Edenton, North Carolina, she describes her duties as first sergeant for the women's squadron; women training pilots; meeting her husband, Roscoe; riding "cattle cars" to the city; and the closing of the base. Topics from her last duty station at Cherry Point include V-J Day and the atomic bomb. " Giles mentions working for the commanding general of Cherry Point as a civilian; living in navy housing in Havelock, North Carolina; and her husband's recall to active duty during the Korean War. Both Giles discuss Roscoe's career, including his work with border patrol and the chamber of commerce in Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and Holland; and Faye's employment in some of these locations, including a school secretary position in New York, and bookkeeper and legal secretary work in Michigan. The interview closes with a discussion of Giles' personal photos from her time in the service.