This Day in History: 1943-06-20

Mahwah’s three Marine sisters, Gloria, Dorothy, and Florence Ann Pelz completed their basic training in the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve at Hunter College in New York. They enlisted on March 15, 1943. They were awaiting permanent assignment. They were the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pelz of Airmount Avenue, Mahwah. Their Marine Corps brother Cpl. Charles Pelz was believed to be somewhere in the South Pacific. (Bristow)