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Dorothy Nims and Dorothy Preuss, 1944


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Owner Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation

SPARS Lieutenant Dorothy Nims was part of the first group of women officers trained by the United States Coast Guard. She was in charge of a Coast Guard recruiting and public relations office in Pittsburgh, Pa; the address can be seen painted on the back of the car. With Nims is Cadet Dorothy Preuss who was a former yeomen, 3rd class, at the Coast Guard Station in the Park Building. This image is located on west column F of the memorial.