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Thank you for talking to us at Coast Guard Station Castle Hill last week. What a pleasure it was to talk to a WWII Veteran, a woman I admire so dearly. My appreciation for paving the way for the rest of us. The reasons Rosetta and Evelyn joined were the same reasons why people join the Coast Guard today.

"Most women joined out of a sense of duty and a desire to serve their country, but the idea of an adventure was also present in the women’s motives for joining. Many had never been away from home on their own and for them it was a chance to take a chance and have some excitement." and "Children and the joy and sorrow of ordinary life awaited. But there was a difference. All the women agree that their enlistment was probably the single most important thing they did in their life."

Thank you for sharing your story, and to Joe, for writing such an excellent piece. Semper Paratus, Always Ready.

Lieutenant Karen Love Kutkiewicz, United States Coast Guard