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Laura Avis Gibson (right, in white service dress uniform) poses on a sidewalk with three fellow SPARs in downtown Washington, D.C., in June 1945. Also pictured are Ruth Groening (left) and Avis' sister Mary Gibson (second from right). The three SPARS on the left wear the blue service dress uniform and service hat with white cover.

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Title
Four SPARs on a street in Washington, D.C.
Contributor
Gibson, Laura Avis, Curator
Date
1945-06
Date (Text)
1945-06
Object ID
WV0327.6.005
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Coast Guard
Topics
Women's History
Military
Geographic Coverage
Washington (D.C.)
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Service Branch
Coast Guard -- SPARS
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
photographs
Language
English
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Laura Avis Gibson Collection
Standard Rights Statement
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Laura Avis Gibson Collection
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