109.98.14

Uniform, Mililtary WWII cap

1944 Approximate

World War II Coast Guard SPAR Garrison Cap. Material: textile. Size: 4 1/4" W. x 1" D. x 10 1/2" L. Description: U.S. Coast Guard SPAR garrison cap: blue and white cotton seersucker with white inside label: "U.S. Coast Guard" with anchor logos, "U.S. Coast Guard Clothing Division" and eagle logo; (part of summer working uniform not in collection).

Waseca County Military - U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, SPAR. Dorothy Hodgkins was a SPAR, a member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard. ("SPAR" - s(emper) par (atus) means "always ready" and is the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard. From 1943-45, she worked with public health doctors & nurses in sick bay & the dental clinic. She was stationed in St. Augustine, Florida at a Coast Guard training station. Later she was located in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard headquarters. See donor gift agreement for more biographical information on Dorothy Hodgkins Gigeay.