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Women Join the Marines

Oil Portrait of a woman marine
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Description: Painting, Oil on Masonite; by McClelland Barclay; C. 1943; Unframed Dimensions 17H X 11W
Accession #: 48-031-R
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Not all designs were turned into recruiting posters. However, each branch of the military did attempt to recruit women for service during the war.

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