Happy Birthday SPARS

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SPARS US Coast Guard

Wednesday November 23 … Happy 80th Birthday SPARS! The Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS, was established November 23rd, 1942, the start of the Women in the US Coast Guard Reserve. SPARS stood for Semper Paratus, the motto of the US Coast Guard….Always Prepared

More than 10,000 women volunteered for service between 1942 and 1946