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Title: Dorothy Kurtz : SPAR, 1943-1946, oral history film, June 6, 2012
Identifier: 0559-s12-ss19-b833-f9 (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/86093)
Description: Film detailing United States Coast Guard Auxiliary member Dorothy Kurtz's service in SPAR during World War 2. SPAR was the women's reserve for the Coast Guard created during World War 2. Kurtz describes her motivation to serve, the women she served with, her experience as a woman in the Coast Guard, her current role in the Auxiliary, and other notable women she served with, including Olivia Hooker, the first black woman to integrate the Coast Guard. She is interviewed in the film by Dr. Richard A. Stephenson, USCGA Historian. The runtime of the film is 09:21.
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