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Pat Meid
A Marine Corps historian and reserve lieutenant colonel, this author helped preserve the stories of women Marines and the Korean War with clear, deeply researched writing. Her books are especially valued by readers interested in military history that is both official and human.
1 Audiobook
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 5 (of 5) Operations in West Korea
by United States. Marine Corps, Pat Meid, James M. Yingling
About the author
Patricia Meid was a U.S. Marine and a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve who wrote important works of official military history. She is credited as the author of Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II and as co-author, with James M. Yingling, of U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953, Volume 5: Operations in West Korea.
Marine Corps and National Park Service sources show that her work became part of the foundation for later histories of women Marines and Korean War operations. In the Korea volume, she is specifically credited with researching and writing substantial chapters, preparing appendices, and handling final editing, which points to the depth of her role as both historian and editor.
Available catalog and memorial sources identify her as Patricia Meid, born in 1928 and deceased in 2020. Public image sources located during this search did not provide a reliably usable portrait image, so no profile photo is included here.