Marine Corps · SSN history

287 Sound Editor, Motion Picture

Appendix B lists SSN 287, Sound Editor, Motion Picture, under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with SSN 561 as a suggested conversion. This was not an automatic transfer to 561: each affected Marine’s Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Sound Editor, Motion Picture

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. No effective date for this suggested conversion is given.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so the earlier title is not established as a continuing specialty under SSN 287.
  • The entry does not establish a fixed replacement or specify whether SSN 287 was deleted or fundamentally changed.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Sound Editor, Motion Picture. Suggested conversions/remarks: 561. 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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