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ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
August 13, 1918
Opha Mae Johnson Becomes the First Woman
to Enlist in the United States Marine Corps
On this day in 1913, Opha Mae Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps when
she joined the Marine Corps Reserve.
She was one of 305 women to enlist that day.
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