Veronica Bradley joined the Marines in 1942, making her one of about 25 women selected in New York for the first round of recruitment for the newly formed Maine Corps Women’s Reserve. She was stationed at an air base in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she was assigned to aircraft repair.
A sharp-looking Marine Corps hat worn by a woman in a recruitment poster is what piqued Bradley’s interest and led to her joining the Marines. About a year after she did, she was surprised to discover she had a recruitment poster of her own where she’s standing in front of a warplane in her Marine uniform and hat. The poster reads: “Be a Marine. Free a Marine to fight.”
Large replicas of the image still hang in several museums and it has been reproduced on postcards and other posters. It also appeared in documentaries about the war and women’s role in it.
The Marines plan to honor her with a ceremony later this month and Bradley’s ashes will be placed at Arlington Cemetery.
Cpl. Veronica Byrnes Bradley recently received the WWII Victory Medal & CT Wartime Service Medal in a ceremony with fellow women Marines.
Bradley had six children, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
A sharp-looking Marine Corps hat worn by a woman in a recruitment poster is what piqued Bradley’s interest and led to her joining the Marines. About a year after she did, she was surprised to discover she had a recruitment poster of her own where she’s standing in front of a warplane in her Marine uniform and hat. The poster reads: “Be a Marine. Free a Marine to fight.”
Large replicas of the image still hang in several museums and it has been reproduced on postcards and other posters. It also appeared in documentaries about the war and women’s role in it.
The Marines plan to honor her with a ceremony later this month and Bradley’s ashes will be placed at Arlington Cemetery.
Cpl. Veronica Byrnes Bradley recently received the WWII Victory Medal & CT Wartime Service Medal in a ceremony with fellow women Marines.
Bradley had six children, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Veronica Bradley joined the Marines in 1942, making her one of about 25 women selected in New York for the first round of recruitment for the newly formed Maine Corps Women’s Reserve. She was stationed at an air base in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she was assigned to aircraft repair.
A sharp-looking Marine Corps hat worn by a woman in a recruitment poster is what piqued Bradley’s interest and led to her joining the Marines. About a year after she did, she was surprised to discover she had a recruitment poster of her own where she’s standing in front of a warplane in her Marine uniform and hat. The poster reads: “Be a Marine. Free a Marine to fight.”
Large replicas of the image still hang in several museums and it has been reproduced on postcards and other posters. It also appeared in documentaries about the war and women’s role in it.
The Marines plan to honor her with a ceremony later this month and Bradley’s ashes will be placed at Arlington Cemetery.
Cpl. Veronica Byrnes Bradley recently received the WWII Victory Medal & CT Wartime Service Medal in a ceremony with fellow women Marines.
Bradley had six children, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
A sharp-looking Marine Corps hat worn by a woman in a recruitment poster is what piqued Bradley’s interest and led to her joining the Marines. About a year after she did, she was surprised to discover she had a recruitment poster of her own where she’s standing in front of a warplane in her Marine uniform and hat. The poster reads: “Be a Marine. Free a Marine to fight.”
Large replicas of the image still hang in several museums and it has been reproduced on postcards and other posters. It also appeared in documentaries about the war and women’s role in it.
The Marines plan to honor her with a ceremony later this month and Bradley’s ashes will be placed at Arlington Cemetery.
Cpl. Veronica Byrnes Bradley recently received the WWII Victory Medal & CT Wartime Service Medal in a ceremony with fellow women Marines.
Bradley had six children, 12 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
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