Carries On As WAC
Mrs. Marjorie L. Dunlap, 33, of 828 Sixteenth st, widowed last June 2 after her husband, Pvt. (f.c.) Harley V. Dunlap, was killed on the Italian battlefront, joined the women's army corps medical technicians unit Tuesday afternoon.
She was the first Des Moines woman sworn in for the Purple Heart recruiting plan and will be assigned to Schick general hospital, Clinton, Ia., after training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
"I hope I can take the place of somebody who can carry on for Harley" she asserted.
Source: The DesMoines Register, February 7, 1945 (photo of Mrs. Dunlap included)
Iowa Volunteers to Serve at Schick Hospital
Pictures with Governor Robert D. Blue in front of the statehouse Wednesday are Iowans who have enlisted as medical technicians in the WAC's Purple Heart platoon to serve at Schick General hospital, Clinton, Ia.
Front row (from left) are: Blue, Pvts. Lisbeth E. Atkinson, Marengo; Juanita Murphy, Scranton; Catherine M. McIntire, Rolfe; Grace Margaret Friel, Des Moines; Loretta T. Jensen. Fort Dodge; Barbara C. Russell, Nora Springs.
Second Row: Mae J. Qual, Cedar Rapids; Mary Grossman, Clinton; Margaret R. Rodriquez, Des Moines; Marjorie Dunlap, Fairfield; Frances N. Keeton, Davenport.
Top row: G. Dexter Curttright, Harlan; Marieta Quick, Donna Louise Krumm and Lois M. Hannusch, all of Cedar Rapids.
Source: The DesMoines Register, March 1, 1945 (photo included)
Marjorie Lucille Green Dunlap Haynes Clark was born Feb. 6, 1911 to John William and Sara Elizabeth Johnson Green. She died June 9, 1991 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA.
She was married to Harley V. Dunlap who was KIA on the Italian battlefront in 1944. She was later married to Lester Earl Haynes. Her name is shown as Clark on her tombstone.
Source: ancestry.com
