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Coralee Coco Burson Davis (1921-2016) of Pasadena, California, served in the Coast Guard SPARs from 1942 to 1946 and was a member of the Tars and Spars musical revue and movie cast. Coralee Coco Burson Davis was born in 3 June 1921 in Eagle Rock, California, and was raised in Pasadena, California. She graduated high school in 1939 and went to work at Lockheed Aircraft while also performing in shows at the Pasadena Playhouse. Davis joined the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, or SPARs [from Semper Paratus Always Ready] in fall 1942 and was sent to Hunter College, New York, in February 1943 for boot camp. She was then sent to United States Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, where she did clerical work for its transportation department. She also began giving recruitment speeches [...] Read more
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