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Pearl Myrtle Wasem (1920-2004), of Fayetteville, Illinois, served in the U.S. Coast Guard SPARs from 1943-1945. Pearl enlisted on 25 June 1943 and did her boot camp training at Palm Beach, Florida. She spent the remainder of her service as a yeoman and photographer's mate at the US Coast Guard 17th District in San Francisco California until she was discharged on 28 December 1945.