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[Photograph 2012.201.B0311.0317]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Having completed her "boot" training, Pvt. Lahoma Downing, lady marine, is spending a short leave of absents with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Downing, 1717 NE 21."
Date: November 17, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7868]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hundreds of relatives, friends and neighbors came to Union Station Wednesday to bid farewell to the marines - Oklahoma City's first group going off to the Korean war. The band played, important people made speeches. And hundreds of faces were tear-stained as the train pulled out. And (at left) small Patti Gail Vetoyants, 9 months, sleeps quietly as hundred throng around her. She was still sleeping when her father, M/Sgt… more
Date: August 2, 1950
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7866]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If you could see the faces in this picture a little closer, you'd see file after file of young men just out of highschool. They're the 150 men of "A" company of the mobilized 20th marine infantry battalion. Their average age is 19. Only about 20 percent of them were old enough to serve in World War II. Now called to active duty, they'll ship out of here Tuesday for the west coast. The 20th battalion was the first reser… more
Date: July 29, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7865]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a large group of people in a street/alley, sign attached to building on the left of "D Storage," fence across the bottom, housing in the background, and more)"
Date: August 2, 1950
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0472]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "OVERWHELMED by his own sales pitch, marine corp. recruiter Robert H. Gilmer re-enlisted Wednesday - the anniversary of his 22nd year in the service."
Date: March 25, 1958
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0904.0490]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "SIMILAR INTERESTS often are shared by brothers and sisters, but it's unusual when they both enlist in the U. S> Marine Corps."
Date: September 1, 1966
Creator: Brown, Don
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7867]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In columns of twos, these are a part of the men in the 20th infantry marine reserve battalion which mustered at their training center, 10 NE 23, Saturday preparatory to leaving on extended active duty Monday. They will go by troop train to the west coast. There are more than 450 Oklahoma City men in the battalion. About 20 percent are veterans and the remainder are highschool age or slightly above."
Date: July 29, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0535]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Six-foot, 4-inch Bob Rollins, 19, Chickasha, was all grins Wednesday as he was fingerprinted to become the eight member of his family to enter military service."
Date: November 10, 1954
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0413B.0207]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. and Mrs. H. R. Mackey and their son, Richard Mackey, are the houseguests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Burnham, 1805 NW 29."
Date: December 23, 1949
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0257]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Top Marine Corps recruiting team in the state, these three be medaled veterans post the coveted USMC recruiting plaque in their Oklahoma city office."
Date: April 15, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0152]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Marine Corps Korean veteran, Capt. James B. Ryckman, 33, is the new corps selection officer for the Oklahoma-Arkansas area."
Date: December 22, 1958
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0150]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Shiny new bars of a marine corps second lientenant were awarded Tuesday to Robert Edwin Hamilton, center, 21-year-old Central State College graduate from Edmond."
Date: June 9, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0151]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Top Aviation Student, marine cadet Jesse Davis, 19, left, chats with Capt. Jim Ryckman, Oklahoma City recruiting officer, about a plane he will soon be flying."
Date: January 2, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0234]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J.D. Winters, 25, o 1331 SE 26, onetime private, then captain in the marine corps, completed the circle Wednesday When he re-enlisted as a quartermaster sergeant."
Date: July 25, 1946
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0232]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marine Sergt. James Winters, right, is modest about his sharpshooters medal, but two medals taken from Japs he killed in the Solomons testify to his skill."
Date: April 27, 1943
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0377.0020]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "When Lt. Jim Lucas, former Tulsa Tribune reporter and a marine combat correspondent who covered the Tarawa invasion, came here yesterday to attend an editors' meeting and appear on a bond rally program, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Gann of davenport were here to meet him."
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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