Pearl Myrtle Wasem (1920-2004), of Fayetteville, Illinois, served in the U.S. Coast Guard SPARs from 1943-1945.
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
Digitization of this collection is still in progress.
https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1481
The collection spans 1941-1957 and includes 10 scrapbooks, hundreds of letters and photographs, a songbook, military papers, newspapers
Pearl Myrtle Wasem (1920-2004), of Fayetteville, Illinois, served in the U.S. Coast Guard SPARs from 1943-1945. Pearl enlisted on 25 June 1943 and did her boot camp training at Palm Beach, Florida. She spent the remainder of her service as a yeoman and photographer's mate at the US Coast Guard 17th District in San Francisco California until she was discharged on 28 December 1945.
Women's History Military
Coast Guard -- SPARS
World War II era (1940-1946)
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Coast Guard
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
