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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Oral history interview with Joan Kammer Horton, 2000]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[2000-2009]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Korean War, 1950-1953]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United States. Marine Corps--Women]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Marines--Women Marines]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Primarily documents Joan R. Kammer Horton&#039;s background; her experiences in the Marine Corps Women&#039;s Reserve in the mid-1950s; and her life after her military service. Horton discusses growing up during the Depression; collecting metal, knitting, and working in defense during World War II; the stigma of a German heritage during World War II; President Franklin D. Roosevelt&#039;s death; celebrating the end of World War II; shooting at the Coney Island rifle range; and taking the train to New Orleans, Louisiana.&quot; Topics related to Horton&#039;s military service include her reasons for joining the the Marine Corps Women&#039;s Reserve; her parents&#039; reactions when she joined; basic training, including the advantages of being older than most of the recruits; uncomfortable regulation shoes; a difficult sergeant; trying to teach Women Marines how to shoot; treatment of women Marines by male Marines; the importance of appearance for Women Marines; and the different summer and winter uniforms. &quot; Horton offers her opinion of compulsory military service; married women in the military; women in combat positions. She also discusses her husband&#039;s experiences in the Marines during World War II; becoming an extrovert during her military service; patriotism; living on an island in the Florida Keys; and her volunteer work.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Horton, Joan R. Kammer]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[North Carolina Digital Heritage Center]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[12/20/2000]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/WVHP/id/4402]]></dcterms:references>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[http://dp.la/api/items/d998e1c495e1194687e41855afd75dbe]]></dcterms:identifier>
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