Kathleen Donahue, World War II SPAR

By Benjamin Baughman, History Curator The Ohio History Connection recently acquired several items relating to the military service of Kathleen Donahue (née Ruff) who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (known as “SPARs”) from 1944 to 1946.  Created in 1942 during World War II, the SPARs (derived from the Coast Guard’s motto “Semper […]