Beth Crumley

Beth is currently a reference historian at History Division, Marine Corps, Quantico, VA. She serves as one of two unit historians within the USMC, responsible for researching and updating the lineage and honors of approximately 435 Marine Corps units. Beth interacts daily with units throughout the Marine Corps, answering questions concerning their lineage and honors, as well as battle streamers. Beth is a regular blog contributor for the Marine Corps Association & Foundation. Her blogs can be found at: http://www.mca-marines.org/blog.

Prior to the above Beth was a curator for the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and also worked as a contract historian and writer. She authored the book "The Marine Corps: Three Centuries of Glory", a battle history of the Corps with emphasis on the 20th century. Beth also worked on the indexes for several other publications including: "US Army: A Complete History", "US Navy: A Complete History", "US Air Force: A Complete History" as well as chronologies of American forces in World War II and Vietnam. Additionally, Beth is under contract to complete an update of the "USMC Chronology" that is contained in "The Marines", scheduled for reprint this summer.