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Dina Licciardi's Coast Guard SPARS photo album

All photos come from Dina C. Licciardi's personal SPARS scrapbook and photo album and are currently under the ownership of her descendant, Emily Kowalski Schroeder. You may see each photo caption, as written by Dina, when you click on each photo. Photos are more or less in chronological order. Please do not download, copy, or use without written consent of owner.

USCG Information for Enlisted Personnel, W-10 Page1

USCG Information for Enlisted Personnel, W-10 Page 2

USCG Information for Enlisted Personnel, W-10 Page 3

Entrance to U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Palm Beach, FL, 26 Sep 1943

USCG Training Station Custody Receipt, 24 Jul 1943

"First day out! 4 Happy "Boots" Aug 1943

"Slightly lop-sided 'boots.'

"A 'trainee' on station ground. Guess who? Me!" Sep 1943

"On the roof outside out 3rd floor room. (Yeoman school)" Sept 1943

"Me in my playsuit, better know as "fatigues."

"The ferry to West Palm Beach. Sept 1943"

"The ferry and the dock at Palm Beach."

"Outside the famous George Washington Hotel (Spars Playground) afternoon dancing & fun, W. Palm Beach, Sept. 1943"

"Platoon I mustering for regimental review" Nov 1943 (Dina 4th from left, partially behind other woman.)

"Regimental Review" 1943

USCG Training Station (Palm Beach, FL) Graduation Exercises, Nov 1943

USCG Training Station (Palm Beach, FL) Graduation Exercises, Nov 1943

USCG Training Station Certificate of Graduation, Yeoman, 12 Nov 1943

At the Lido Pool Palm Beach, FL Sept 1943 "Me, Margaret McMahon, Calif., Esther Knight, Calif."

"Just getting our feet wet!"

"A gorgeous (?) group in GI's"

"Servicemen Center Sept. '43 with Bart Noland (Iowa).

Calisthenics at Sun and Surf - October 1943 (Dina with 'X' on her shoes.)

"Boat ride on Lake Worth - October 1943"

"View of Biltmore (Hotel) from boat." Oct '43

"Sure was windy!" Oct '43

Jeep in front of Royalton Hotel (Spar barracks)

(Army) "Barracks at Boca Raton (Bart's Quarters)"

The Cleveland Press, 12 Jan 1944

"A visit to Captain-of-the-Port, Tampa, Fla. March, 1944"

"Coastie boyfriend Dick Zoch (Nebraska)" March, 1944

"On the terrace of the Mirasol Plaza Hotel adjacent to Base (We stayed there.)"

"On the steps of the Mirasol Plaza - Tampa, Florida - March, 1944" Dina on far right.

"Home on leave at a gathering at Lenore Finley's house!" June 1944

"He wanted his picture taken with a Spar (at a beach party given by the Beach Patrol!)" August 1944

USCG Institute Certificate of Completion 'Yeoman 2c' Course, 6 Sep 1944

USCG Institute Certificate of Completion 'General Training for SPARS' Course, 9 Sep 1944

"At Bayfront Park (Miami), Nov. 1944

Certificate of Completion, Primary Spanish, 1 Jan 1945

"With Thelma, Mary and Eve at Bayfront Park, Jan 1945"

Latin Quarter Restaurant, Miami, 8 Feb 1945

Latin Quarter Restaurant, Miami, 8 Feb 1945

Fiesta's Gay Sombrero Room, Miami, date unknown

5 O'Clock Club, Miami Beach, date unknown

5 O'Clock Club, Miami Beach, date unknown

"Eleanor Wescott (Michigan) posing with me atop Royalton roof. Dupont Building in background. Feb. 1945"

March 1945 Miami, FL

"Hotels along Miami Beach, 1945."

"Yes, putting up my hair." Royalton Roof, April 1945

Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

Sands Hotel, May 1945

Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

"That is suntan! And not a dark exposure!" Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

USCG Institute Certificate of Completion of Chief Yeoman Course, 27 Jun 1945

"McFadden-Deauville Pool, Miami Beach, FL Aug 1945"

Sept 1945 Miami, FL

Miami, FL Sept 1945

"Miami River Sept. 1945"

"Motorboat Registration U.S. Coast Guard 512 Professional Bldg. Miami, FL Sept 1945"

"Thelma and I on 41st & Collins. Miami River in the background."

Miami FL 1945 Royalton Hotel barricks

Letter from Martha Lindley Cook, friend of Dina

SPARS reunion in Pittsburgh, PA 24-25 Aug 1946 From left: Dina Licciardi, Betty Carr, Mary Hale and Thelma Hill

SPARS reunion, Pittsburgh, PA 25 Aug 1946 From left: Betty, Thelma, Mary, Meg, Dina

SPARS reunion, Pittsburgh, PA 25 Aug 1946 From left: Dina, Betty, Thelma, Mary, Meg

SPARS reunion, Pittsburgh, PA 25 Aug 1946 From left: Dina, Betty, Mary, Thelma

Patch from uniform: Yeoman, 1st Class

Dina Licciardi writes (many years later) of how she came to join USCG. Page 1.

Dina Licciardi writes (many years later) of how she came to join USCG. Page 2.