Joetta Pearl Serio

Joetta Serio

Ms. Serio enlisted in the Navy in Florida on September 14, 1964.

Joetta rembered traveling by train with two other young women to Bainbridge, Maryland, where she completed boot camp.  She remarked that boot camp was tough, and it took her several tries, and the help and encouragement of her company captain and adjutant to finally make it through.

After serving as a file clerk and typist at Great Lakes,Illinois, Joetta transfered to Pensacola, where she received training as a photojournalist. She was then sent to Norfolk, Virginia, where she served as a photo lab tech, and photographer on the base.  Joetta commented; "I had a great job and wonderful people to work with... I am proud to have served."  She even met and married her Marine Corps husband at Norfolk!

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