Speech Before Giving Oath to Women Being Inducted into Marine Corps, (19 February 1943) Pittsburg, PA

“Speech Before Giving Oath to Women Being Inducted into Marine Corps,” delivered February 19, 1943, Streeter, Ruth Cheney (1895-1990)

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