Pioneering Female Marine Laid To Rest -- UT San DiegoShirley Marks was five feet tall and barely 100 pounds in 1943 when she finally managed to enlist in the Marine Corps, after trying three times to meet the physical requirements.
It was World War II, and she, like 23,000 other American women, answered the call to serve at home so that male Marines could fight overseas. After boot camp, she boarded a troop train to San Diego, where she was assigned to drive trucks at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
It sounds patriotic, and these women were trailblazers, doing tough jobs.
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My Comment: God rest her soul and those who so willingly served.
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