Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine

Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine

Directed by Hannah Anderson

Shimanoff joined the Marines with enthusiastic support from her family during a massive recruitment drive to have women join the war effort. Her time in the service impacted the rest of her life.

Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine
  • Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine

    Directed by Hannah Anderson

    In 1945, Adele Shimanoff joins the U.S. Marine Corps amid a larger plan to bring women into the military in order to “free a marine to fight”. Adele moves away from the traditional Women’s Reserves and into active duty for a year, where she forms lifelong friendships ...