Donna Barr Brown Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Most of this collection has been digitized. Some items have not beed digitized due to copyright or other logistical issues.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1267
What's in the full collection?: April 2016 oral history transcript; scans of photographs
Full biography: Donna Barr Brown (b. 1952), of Oil City, Pennsylvania, served in the Women Marines from 1970-1973.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Marines -- Women Marines
Conflict: Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Subject headings: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Donna Barr Brown; Donna Barr Brown during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, circa 1970.

: Donna Barr Brown; Donna Barr Brown works on a projection machine, 1972.

: Donna Barr Brown; Donna Barr Brown during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, circa 1970.

: Newspaper clipping featuring First Lieutenant Linda A. Roth; First Lieutenant Linda A. Roth checks a new training model of a M-60 machine gun.

: Newspaper clipping featuring Lance Corporal Barbara Majewski; Lance Corporal Barbara Majewski loosk over the final print copy of Camp Lejeune's "Globe" newspaper.

: Newspaper clipping featuring Major-General Carl A. Youngdale and Captain J.A. Lamb; Women Marines 29th anniversary celebration featured speakers Major-General Carl A. Youngdale and Captain J. A. Lamb, right.

: Newspaper clipping featuring Staff Sergeant Rose M. Dillard; Staff Sergeant Rose M. Dillard performs administrative duties, 1972.

: Oral History interview with Donna Barr Brown; Primarily documents Donna Barr Brown's service with the United States Women Marines. Brown recalls never regretting her decision to join the U.S. Marine Corps because she saw it as a way to get out of her hometown, learn something different, and make a better life for herself. She also reveals she was accepted for veteran's disability benefits because of water contamination at Camp Lejeune during her time there.

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