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the Coast Guard during World War I, and the first woman to hold electrician status in the Coast Guard. (Wartime newspapers erroneously reported that twin sisters
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blouse and a blue pleated skirt. Hazard lived with her parents and son in
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The entry was slim. Baltimore native, Myrtle R. Hazard, was cited as being the only woman electrician in the Coast Guard and one of the government's few female radio operators. A photograph shows her to be a serious-looking brunette with short hair and large, dark eyes. She is apparently in uniform,
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Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter
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outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services.
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All of these boats will be named after enlisted Coast Guard heroes, who distinguished themselves in USCG or military service. The first 25 have been named, but only 8 have been commissioned...
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from the government of Serbia. "I like to think I helped prove that women can contribute more to national defense than just waiting for the war to end," she told an interviewer in 1950.
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