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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day, August 13, 1918.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ofa May Johnson became the first woman known to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

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[SPEAKER_00]: She joined during World War I when women were being brought into military service to fill clerical and support roles while men were sent overseas.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Her enlistment marked a small but important shift in the history of women in the armed forces.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It showed that military service was beginning to open in new ways, even if slowly and with strict limits.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 13th, 1521, Hernán Cortes completed the conquest of the Aztec Empire, marking a pivotal moment in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 13th, 1913, Harry Brewerly in England produced an early form of stainless steel, a discovery that will later change everything from kitchen tools to medical equipment.