SPARS 3112140 125930870 2007-04-25T20:19:43Z Jwillbur 617133 refine cat : ''For the various meanings of "spar", see [[Spar (disambiguation)]].'' '''SPARS''' was the [[United States Coast Guard]] Women's Reserve created in 1942 by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. The name is a contraction of the Coast Guard motto <U>S</U>emper <U>P</U>aratus and its English translation <U>A</U>lways <U>R</U>eady. The name also refers to a [[spar]] in nautical usage. Like the other women's reserves such as the [[Women's Army Corps]] and the [[WAVES]], it was created to free men from stateside service in order to fight overseas. Its director was [[Dorothy C. Stratton]]. The cutter [[USCGC Spar (WLB-206)]] is named after the SPARS. ==External links== *[http://www.blitzkriegbaby.de/ SPARS history and WWII women's uniforms in color] &mdash; WWII US women's service organizations (WAC, WAVES, ANC, NNC, USMCWR, PHS, SPARS, ARC and WASP) *[http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcspar/history.html USCGC Spar homepage] [[Category:Women in World War II]] [[Category:All-female units and formations]] [[Category:History of the United States Coast Guard]] {{USCG-stub}} {{WWII-stub}}