Opha May Johnson ADDRESS CORRECTION (Edited)

Officers of District 5,

Please provide the attached “change of Address to your membership,

in case they plan to make a donation separate from the Detachment.

Semper Fi,

Tom

#013 04 APRIL 2018

From: Kathy Sheppard <krs4golf@gmail.com>

Subject: Opha May Johnson ADDRESS CORRECTION

Members - the wrong address city was previously post for donations. Please send donations to:

Women Marines Association P.O. Box 377

Oaks, PA 19456-0377.

Oaks Park, PA is the wrong city.

Please distribute this update to all members so their contributions get to the right place.

Thanks ~

S/F, Kathy Sheppard

Officers of District 5,

I sent out the address correction for Marine Opha May Johnson, without any background info.

Opha May Johnson (née Jacob, 4 May 1879 – 11 August 1955) was the first known woman to

enlist in the United States Marine Corps. She joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1918, officially

becoming the first female Marine”. Opha May lies in an unmarked grave and therefore on the

100th anniversary of her joining the Corps, a fund raiser is being done to erect a headstone for her. 

For additional information please contact, Kathryn Potthoff, DOF Woman Marine Association Liaison and President FL-2 Gulf Coast Chapter at  jvcmdt.detachment54@gmail.com.

Semper Fidelis,

Tom