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A 1983 Coast Guard Academy yearbook photograph of Deborah Winnie, one of the first two Latina graduates of the Academy. (CGA Tide Rips) A 1983 Coast Guard Academy yearbook photograph of Jacqueline Ball, one of the first two Latina graduates of the Academy. (CGA Tide Rips) Lt. Cmdr. R Marilyn Melendez Dykman, the first Latina aviator in the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard) Rear Adm. Jo-Ann Burdian, first Latina flag officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Oct. 6, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Latinas in the Coast Guard—trailblazers of service

The first Latina women to don a Coast Guard uniform served in World War II

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