Dolores Gallardo Luhm 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/1269
What's in the full collection?: April 2016 oral history transcript; copies of photographs.
Full biography: Dolores Gallardo Luhm (b. 1956), of El Paso, Texas, served in the United States Marine Corps from 1977-1980.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Marines
Conflict: Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Dolores Gallardo Luhm; Dolores Gallardo Luhm, left, poses with two other female U.S. Marine Corps recruits.

: Dolores Gallardo Luhm getting pinned; Dolores Gallardo Luhm gets pinned with the Enlisted Service Insignia.

: Group photograph of United States Marine Corps recruits; Group photograph of Woman Recruit Training Command at Marine Corps Recruit Deopt at Parris Island, South Carolina, October 21, 1977. Dolores Gallardo Luhm stands in the top row, third from right.

: Oral History interview with Dolores Gallardo Luhm; Primary documents the life of Dolores Gallardo Luhm and her service with the United States Marine Corps. Luhm recalls her desire to leave El Paso, Texas, because she felt she was going nowhere and needed a challenge, and the guidance she received from her older brother, himself a marine, on what to expect from the U.S. Marine Corps. She also describes the disappointment she felt at never having a real opportunity to perform her Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), but still feeling satisfied with the assignments she was given.

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