Community, Wimberley
“I was going to be a Marine:” WWII veteran given ‘trip of a lifetime’
By Brittany Anderson
WIMBERLEY — Nestled along one of the many winding roads of Wimberley is the home of 100-year-old Mary Riddle — one of the last remaining World War II veterans.
Riddle is part of what many call the Greatest Generation. Born in September 1921, she was one of a small minority of women who served during WWII in the Marines — a branch that, at the time, was not keen on welcoming women into their service.
“They resented us something terrible,” Ri...