▁Woman ' s ▁Home ▁Comp an ion . ▁During ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁she ▁served ▁as ▁photograph er ▁and ▁public ist ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁group ▁of ▁women ▁to ▁enter ▁military ▁service ▁with ▁the ▁Army . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁she ▁obtained ▁a ▁contract ▁from ▁the ▁Mac mill an ▁publishing ▁company ▁( of ▁New ▁York ) ▁for ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁n urs es ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁and ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁Italy ▁as ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁Lad ies ' ▁Home ▁Journal . ▁Given ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁witness ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁southern ▁France , ▁she ▁broke ▁the ▁Mac mill an ▁contract ▁and ▁accompanied ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁Army ▁in ▁its ▁liber ation ▁of ▁Marse illes , ▁Lyon , ▁and ▁Toul on . ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁years ▁Martin ▁contributed ▁fre el ance ▁photos ▁and ▁features ▁to ▁widely - cir cul ated ▁U . S . ▁mag az ines , ▁including ▁Time , ▁The ▁Saturday ▁Even ing ▁Post , ▁Col liers , ▁and ▁Look . ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁produce ▁fre el ance ▁photo j ournal ism ▁after ▁her ▁return ▁from ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁May ▁and ▁June ▁of ▁that ▁year ▁she ▁published ▁articles ▁in ▁the ▁Washington ▁Star ▁on ▁the ▁physical ▁appearance ▁of ▁Army ▁n urs es ▁(" N urs es ▁Are ▁Pre tty ," ▁May ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 4 5 ) ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁friend lin ess ▁of ▁serv ic emen ▁towards ▁the