Veteran's History Project - Vickie L. Morlock

Vickie L. Morlock

Corporal

U.S. Marine Corps

1980-1985

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.

It is a rare thing for a young woman to want to join the Marine Corps.

When their advertisements appear on various media, finding a female in the coverage takes some work. But they are there. They trained and worked just as hard, had similar goals, and proudly served. They are "Marines."

Vickie Morlock was 18 and l...