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Col Julia E. Hamblet, USMC Ret. Oral History
Publication date: 26 March 2021
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title:
Col Julia E. Hamblet, USMC Ret. Oral History
creator:
Hamblet, Julia Estelle (1916 May 12 - 2017 April 17)
subject:
Marine Corps
description:
Julia Hamblet was born in 1916 in Winchester, Massachusetts. She spent most of her early life in the New England area, with some time spent in Akron, Ohio. Julia attended Vassar College and received a degree in economics in 1937. After college she worked for the United States Information Service and helped set up war information centers in public libraries. In December 1943, she joined the Marine Corps as one of the first officer candidates. She trained at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She transitioned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and eventually Camp Pendleton, California where she was the executive of an all-woman company. She was then transferred to Quantico/Cherry Point in 1946 and became a staff officer and was promoted to Major. She was discharged in May of 1946. She was reactivated in September 1946 and took part in the process of integration of women into the Marine Corps regular service while heading postwar reserve efforts; she achieved the rank of Lt Colonel and eventually Colonel as Director, Women Marines (1953 to 1959). After requesting a new role, she was reassigned to Admiral Brown, the Chief Allied Forces in Europe in Naples, Italy. After her tour in Europe, she went to Ohio State University from 1950 to 1951 to get a Masters (thesis "Enlisted Jobs in the Marine Corps which can be performed by Women in the Event of Mobilization".) Julia retired in 1959 and passed away in April 2017. She was in the Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. A transcript of this interview is available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Scott, Kate M.
date:
2004-02-27
type:
Audio
format:
Hi-8
identifier:
390; 2004.390
source:
OHP
language:
English
relation:
038021
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | Korean War (1950-1953) | 1943-1959
rights:
Unrestricted