Marine Corps · SSN history

157 Photographer, Retouching Artist

Appendix B lists SSN 157, Photographer, Retouching Artist, under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with SSN 945 as a suggested conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected Marine’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the job specifications before a replacement specialty was selected.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 945 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Photographer, Retouching Artist

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective conversion date. No effective date is given for this entry.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank for SSN 157; the entry does not establish a fixed transition to SSN 945.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Photographer, Retouching Artist. Suggested conversions/remarks: 945. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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