World War II Honoree

Jane Lee Gumaer

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Stamford, Connecticut

Honored By

William Staudenmaier

SWORN INTO THE WOMEN'S RESERVE IN 1943. FIRST ACTIVE DUTY WAS AS SECRETARY TO THE OFFICER PROCUREMENT COLONEL AT MARINE HEADQUARTERS, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. ULTIMATELY ASSIGNED TO HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW YORK, FOR BASIC TRAINING. SINCE THE MARINE CORPS HAD NO FACILITY FOR TRAINING RECRUITS AT THIS JUNCTURE, TRAINED SIDE BY SIDE WITH WAVES, AFTER WHICH SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE TRAINING DEPOT AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION TO DUTIES AS STAFF PLATOON LEADER, DIRECTED BATTALION WAR BOND SHOWS AND COMPOSED SEVERAL SONGS FOR THE MARINE CORPS. CO-AUTHOR OF 'THE WOMEN'S ANGLE', A COLUMN IN 'THE NEW RIVER PIONEER'. HEADQUARTERS NO. 0143 (12/43).