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Title
[Portrait
of
Bonnie
James
Baxter
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Coast Guard
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Coast Guard--SPARS
Item description
Portrait
of
Bonnie
James
Baxter
,
circa
1945
, in the
SPARs
blue
service
dress
uniform
and
service
cap
with
white
cover
.
Veteran's name
Baxter, Bonnie James
Veteran's biography
Bonnie
James
Baxter
(b
.
1924)
of
Clearwater
,
Florida
,
served
in the
Coast
Guard
SPARs
(from
Semper
Paratus-Always
Ready)
from
1944
to
1946
.
Bonnie
James
Baxter
was
born
in
Dunedin
,
Florida
, on
15
February
1924
, and
grew
up
in
Clearwater
,
Florida
.
After
graduating
from
Clearwater
High
School
, she
worked
various
clerical
jobs
and
volunteered
with the
USO
before
enlisting
in the
Coast
Guard
SPARs
on
February
26
,
1944
.
Baxter
went
through
basic
training
in
Palm
Beach
,
Florida
,
followed
by
four
months
weeks
in
storekeeper
school
, from
which
she
graduated
in
August
1944
with a
3rd
class
rating
. She was then
stationed
at
Constitution
Wharf
in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
where
she
remained
until
being
discharged
in
1946
as a
storekeeper
1st
class
.
After
leaving
the
service
,
Baxter
worked
at
Central
Motor
Lines
, a
trucking
firm
owned
by
Cannon
Mills
. She and her
husband
eventually
settled
in
North
Carolina
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0329 Bonnie James Baxter Papers
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0329.6.016
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900813336
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