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Olive Thomas, movie star, finds out about U.S. Marines ... "It's the globe, anchor and eagle ... that distinguishes the U.S. Marine from other soldiers," the sergeant tells her ... Olive is interested of course. Somehow she had always associated U.S. Marines with seamen of the Naval service, and she's a bit surprised when he tells her Marines are soldiers of the Navy. ... This photo furnished by U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station

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Title: Olive Thomas, movie star, finds out about U.S. Marines ... "It's the globe, anchor and eagle ... that distinguishes the U.S. Marine from other soldiers," the sergeant tells her ... Olive is interested of course. Somehow she had always associated U.S. Marines with seamen of the Naval service, and she's a bit surprised when he tells her Marines are soldiers of the Navy. ... This photo furnished by U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station
Creator: United States. Marine Corps. Recruiting Publicity Bureau
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917/1918?
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Type: image
Identifier: XX343.25302
Relation: Poster collection

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