Polk County

Pvt. Mary Rodriguez

 

What Do You Think?

Question: Do you agree with the statement made by Lieut. Gen. Com. Philip Soloman, navy psychiatrist, assigned to the Marine Corps, that some women join the service because they are bored with their bosses ugly faces?

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Pvt. Mary Rodriguez, 22, WAC, Fort Des Moines: "It wasn't true in my case because I had never worked before. Most girls go in because of patriotic reasons, but they try to hide the fact."

Source: The DesMoines Register, February 25, 1944 (photo included)