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Buckeye Beat: SPARS

WE HAVE PLENTY OF VETERANS IN OHIO TO MAKE US PROUD.

THEY COME FROM ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY: THE ARMY, NAVY, NATIONAL GUARD, MARINES, AIR FORCE AND COAST GUARD.

THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A SPECIAL HOME COMING FOR ONE WOMAN WHO SERVED IN THE US COAST GUARD WOMEN’S RESERVE …. ALSO CALLED THE SPARS …DURING WORLD WAR II.

STEPHANIE JARVIS HAS THE STORY IN THIS WEEK’S BUCKEYE BEAT.

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