Polk County

Sgt. Kathleen Burrows

 

What Do You Think?

Question: Do you agree with the statement made by Lieut. Gen. Com. Philip Soloman, navy psychiatrist, assigned to the Marine Corps, that some women join the service because they are bored with their bosses ugly faces?

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Sergt. Kathleen Burrows, marine, 22, of 1233 Forty-third st: "My boss wasn't handsome and my present bosses are an improvement, but that had nothing to do with my joining. I just wanted to see the world."

Source: The DesMoines Register, February 25, 1944 (photo included)