Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AREA AS A MEMBER OF THE COAST GUARD WOMEN'S RESERVE (SPAR) DURING THE WAR. THE TITLE 'SPAR' WAS TAKEN FROM THE COAST GUARD'S LATIN MOTTO 'SEMPER PARATUS' (ALWAYS READY). AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.