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One of the oldest of our fighting forces with the tradition of courage
second-to-none. The United States Coast Guard carries the war to the Axis on the
seven seas. But nowhere do the men of the Coast Guard wage more bitter and
effective warfare than in the sub- infested waters of the Atlantic sea lane.
The U-boats must be battled to the death. The stuff of production must go through.
Where upon the Battle of the Atlantic depends the success of assaults in the
making, the success of invasions to come. The men of the Coast Guard do their job,
and do it well.
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-Yes the SPARS have a job to do too. Perhaps our jobs are not, for a moment, so
exciting as sending a depth charge over a cutter's side, or seeing a tell-tale oil
slick rise from a blasted sub, but they are vital jobs, which must be done.
Vital jobs, done by women, so that men may fight. -That's why you join the SPARS , basic
training doesn't take long only a month, and your pay begins at once. You learn to
take orders and to carry them out. You acquire new vigor, new confidence.
You learn to march with others and to work with others. And you learn too, that to do
your best, is the proud tradition of the Coast Guard.
You get good food, plenty of
it, and boy, how you stow it away.
In school, you learn the lore of ships and aircraft,
language of the sea.
Then, almost before you know it, you pass in final review.
No longer boot, a full-fledged SPAR.
Now, a man can go to sea.
You take over his job, with the same
rating, same pay, the same privileges, and the same responsibilities.
These are the jobs which must be done by SPARS.
Movement of ships and men, entrusted to
paper, is also entrusted to you.
There are many jobs the Coast Guard needs
you for. Each one helps to win this war. And then too, the skills learned today, will
mean better jobs tomorrow. You won't get to be an Admiral, but you
may be the Admiral's secretary.
If you were a laboratory technician, dental hygienist, a dietician, an engineer,
or a draftsman, the SPARS need your knowledge, your skills. This chemistry
major found her berth all right.
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Here, too, a SPAR takes over. And one more pharmacist's mate can go to sea.
You may be assigned to duty at one of many busy ports or stations.
It may be Boston, or New York, Miami, or New Orleans.
San Francisco, or Seattle, or even at Coast
Guard Headquarters in Washington.
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As men go to battle, SPARs take increasingly important assignments.
Radio technicians are being trained to maintain the Coast Guard's contact
between ship and shore. If you want to hear history in the making, you couldn't
pick a better spot.
Out of this room go the commands to the men on the ships, to the men in the
planes, who carry out the missions which help defeat our enemies. The mission will
be accomplished, because the Coast Guard is always ready. More SPARS mean more
men on ships. More men on ships, mean more missions accomplished.
Join the SPARs and release a man for sea.
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