Barbara O. Barnwell

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Staff Sergeant Barbara Olive Barnwell, USMCR, was the first female Marine to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on August 7, 1953 for heroism in 1952 for saving fellow Marine from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean near Camp Lejeune/

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• Military Women "Firsts"
• Lacy, Linda (2004). We are Marines!. Women Marines Association, p. 129. ISBN 1599758873.