The Snapshots in Time Collection

Printed Base Information Booklet, Pages 16-17 (Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia), Pat McAleer Collection

Printed Base Information Booklet, Pages 16-17 (Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia), Pat McAleer Collection

These pages from a Marine Corps base orientation booklet, part of the Pat McAleer collection, describe daily-life services available to officers and families stationed at what is understood to be Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, during the early 1940s. From the Post Exchange to the Post School and Medical Department, such handbooks helped newly arrived Marines and their dependents navigate life on a major wartime installation. Project: 218157