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Oneontan happy as Woman Marine. Line* Corporal Carol Colwell is a member of the Oneonta Daughters of Union Veterans. Sht b proud cf generations of her family’s service to theircountry and she is findingsatisfaction in her own service with the Women’s Marine Corps.Cpl. Colwell ends today a leave spent with her parentsMr. and Mrs. Robert Colwell Of Oneonta and flies from New York City to Oakland, California, enroute to Camp Smith, Hawaii. She will be there two years.Cpl. Colwell volunteered for duly in Saigon, Okinawa or Japan, but was not too disappointed when she was assigned 1o Hawaii. Part of her motivation in joining the Marine Corps was to see the world outside of Oneonta.Carol likes 1lie Marine Corps. She works in the postal department, assigned there after appilude tests.She was graduated in June 1966 from Oneonta High School where she majored in a business course. She found Oneonta had few employment openings in herfield. Id high school she had written a term paper on Women Marines and as she became more uneasy at home shestarted filling out papers forthe Marine recruiter.She was sworn in by theWomen Marine recruiter in Albany January 2, 1967, and on January 20 reported to Parris lsl2iid, S.C., for boot camp.'•Boot camp is a lot harder than the rest of the service,’* she said. *The hardest part is getting used to the discipline, the rules and regulations.”But after boot camp andassignment to work she likes, Carol found the “sendee is great.”At Camp Lejeune the women live in barracks with two girls in each small bedroom “area*'. The areas are separated byIheir lockers and dressers andwithin this area the girls are free to live as they wish. Each bed has an orange and green bedspread. The girls can use curtains over the Venetian blinds if they wish, but the curtains must come down for the onceNewlywed Roods living at HartwickHARTWICK - The Hartwick Baptist Church was the setting Thanksgiving Day, November 23, for the marriage of Miss Judy Ann Brigham of Cooperstown RD 3 and Lawrence Frederick Rood ofheadpiece. She carried yellow and white pompons accented with white daisies.Bridesmaids were Miss MaryRood, sister of the bridegroomand Miss Evelyn S. Banner of Cooperslown RD 3. Their gowns of Iacc over taffeta were ina week inspection when everything ha*s to be in military order.Th“ girls are on duty from 5:45 a.m. to p.m. but afterthat they are free to enjGy thebase clubs, the theaters, outdoor, indoor and drive-in, swimming pool, bowling alley. The base is alive with facilities and activities for ihe men and women Marines.There is no dating problem in a setting of 48,000 men and 250 women. But even here, many of the men have the attitude, “what is a woman doing in the Marine Corps?”She said that as the men got to know the girls, they accepted them. But in any group the women find some who question their place in the sendees. .Would they like to fight as equals beside the men in service? About two-thirds of ihe girls in her barracks said they would like to go to Vietnam, to be a part of the fighting force. But then, as boy meets girl, many decide to accept the role our culture has assigned to women.The Lanco Corporal believes the Women’s Marine Corps is a good career for a woman. Lance Cpl. Colwell has been trying to convince several of her girl friends they should follow her example.“For anyone who wants to see Ihe world, and get a little extra education*’, she recommends the Marine Corps. “You can sign up for two, three or four years.1'And Carol is on her way to Hawaii.Lance Cpl. Colwell
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Oneonta Star
Oneonta, New York, US
Tue, Nov 28, 1967
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