Bea Arthur: Becoming a Marine Reservist And answer it she did, applying to join the Marine Corps Women's Reserve at 20 years old, mere days after its creation. A letter Arthur penned in February ...

This is the little-known story of Bea Arthur’s military career. ‘Be A Marine… Free A Marine To Fight’ On Feb. 13, 1943, the U.S. Marines Corps put out a call for American women to enlist ...

In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage reporting the history of "Golden Girls" actor Bea Arthur enlisting in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.

The meme read as follows: Before she became a famous actress in classic sitcoms like "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," Bea Arthur served as as truck driver in the United States Marine Corps Women's ...

Who knew? Golden Girls star Bea Arthur always denied rumors that she’d served in the military, but newly released records prove that she spent 30 months in the Marine Corps. According to a ...

Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the ...

Bea Arthur served up the jokes, making America laugh for decades on TV – but, as it turns out, the late actress also served her country in the Marine Corps during her youth. / Source ...

She may have been one of the few, but she was not so proud: Toward the end of her life, Bea actually denied having ... as an upright bassist in a Marine Corps band. The two children’s show ...

Arthur served as a typist at the Marine Corps headquarters in Washington D.C. before becoming a truck driver and dispatcher at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, between ...

I find it sad that Bea Arthur has bid us a fond adieu (“Final ... Let’s not forget that during World War II, Arthur became one of the US Marine Corps’ first female recruits.

Arthur's biography on the U.S. DOD website, published in 2021, described her enlistment in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.