World War II Honoree

Marjorie 'Skip' Greiner

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Keokuk, Iowa

Honored By

Dorothea Sessions Bundy

Relationship

Classmate

MEMBER OF THE SECOND CLASS OF SPARS (SEMPER PARATUS, ALWAYS READY) TO BE TRAINED FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN WWII. ENTERED THE U.S. COAST GUARD JUNE 1943 AND WAS IN THE FIRST CLASS OF SPARS TO RECEIVE BASIC TRAINING AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD TRAINING STATION IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. AFTER BASIC TRAINING SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND THEN ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. COAST GUARD RADIO SCHOOL, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 1944 BEING A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS OF SPARS TO BE TRAINED IN RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. FOLLOWING RADIO SCHOOL SHE WAS ASSIGNED AS RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS TO U.S. COAST GUARD AIR STATION, MIAMI, FLORIDA.