Original caption: "SPAR CHIEFS IN CLEVELAND [;] Chief Petty Officer is the new title of four SPARS on duty in Cleveland who have been advanced recently to the highest enlisted rating in the service. Left to right: Judith Balinsky, Chief Yeoman, of Akron; Leone Peppard, Chief Storekeeper, of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Leta Belgard, Chief Storekeeper, of Fairport, New York, and Frances Brown, Chief Yeoman, of San Francisco." Scan provided by MKCS Tina Claflin, USCG (Ret.) via the National Archives. Original photo taken by PhoM1c R. Sabo (?) on December 8, 1944.