Women Marines in the Korean War Era - by Peter A Soderergh & Peter A Soderbergh & Petra A Soderbergh (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a lost generation of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn. They were, in fact, a thin green line--and they stood fast, just like Marines are taught to do.

Book Synopsis

This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a lost generation of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn. They were, in fact, a thin green line--and they stood fast, just like Marines are taught to do.

About the Author

PETER A. SODERBERGH is Professor of Education at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. He served as a platoon commander in Korea and resigned from the U.S. Marine Corps as a captain in 1958. He has published nine books and numerous articles in a variety of professional journals and magazines. His most recent work is Women Marines: The World War II Era (1992). He is on the Board of Directors of the Marine Corps Historical Center in Washington, D.C.