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Dorothy Kurtz, left, chats with Margaret Beeler during a reception aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, March 29, 2012. Kurtz and Beeler served in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Women’s Reserve, also known as the SPARs, during World War II from 1943-46.

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Dorothy Kurtz, left, chats with Margaret Beeler during a reception aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, March 29, 2012. Kurtz and Beeler served in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Women’s Reserve, also known as the SPARs, during World War II from 1943-46.

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