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The Bugle: Issue 201, January 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 202, February 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 203, March 2023
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Your ribbon rack
You have such an interesting ribbon rack. I rarely see people with more than one Humanitarian Service Medal (although I'm used to mostly seeing it on Navy personnel, that's probably why). Such a decorated Armed Forces Reserve Medal too! My grandfather was a WO in the CG for many years, he just had pretty standard decorations though and never deployed overseas. Thornfield Hall (talk) 08:52, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That is what comes of the 18 years of service in the Coast Guard Reserve; active service after floods and hurricanes. Ditto for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. The Armed Services issue more medals and awards nowadays than back in the day. For 3 years of service (two in Vietnam) in the Army, I was awarded only 4 medals, the other awards were unit citations. Curious to know what brought you to my user page... Cuprum17 (talk) 17:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Found your page because you thanked me for my edit of James E. Williams Thornfield Hall (talk) 02:16, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I sure did. Old age is catching up with me. Cuprum17 (talk) 15:11, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 204, April 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 205, May 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 206, June 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 207, July 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023
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SPARS
I'm beginging to find that getting SPARS up to speed for A-Class is more work than I had expected, but we are making progress - albeit slow progress. Of concern to me is one source in particular, which is:
 * I think it is a worthy source; what concerns me is that while it has all the USCG trappings it isn't associated with any offical Coast Guard website -it's just hanging out there.
 * Since, I assune, you have more experience navigating Coast Guard sites than me, would you have the time to see how or if this source is tied to some offical USCG site. If you are unable to spare the time, perhaps you could offer an opinion on the source itself? Pendright (talk) 04:33, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @Pendright: There is nothing wrong with the publication that you are mentioning and it can be accessed through the Coast Guard Historian's Office website at https://www.history.uscg.mil/Our-Collections/Documents-Publications/igpage/2/igsearch/Spars/isListView/False/ From the Historian's Office page ( https://www.history.uscg.mil/ ) you select the "Our Collections" header and from there you select the "Documents and Publications" in the drop-down menu. Type in "SPARS" in the Keyword blank. The publication will appear at the bottom of Page 2 of the search results. Click on the publication illustration and it will download.
 * As a side note, the publication was the 22nd part (or chapter) of a complete history of the Coast Guard activities during World War II that was published just after the war. All of the Coast Guard Historian's Office postings and publications are on the https://media.defense.gov website now.
 * Thank you again for your attention to the improvement of the SPARS Wikipedia article. If the result is anywhere close to the WAVES article that you wrote then you will have done a great service to the reader. I hope you are getting along well. Cuprum17 (talk) 11:32, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

As always, thank you for your help and kind words. I probably don't need to download it but I do need to retrieve the URL for citation references. At 98 I'm still doing well; I'm slowing down a bit but my marbles are still hanging around. I hope you and your family are well and thriving. Again, thank you! Pendright (talk) 22:00, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

At long last, I've finished revamping the SPARS article enough that it's now, hopefully, a valid A-Class candidate. I plan to have it copy edited by the Guild of Copy Editors before nominating it for A-Class. Meanwhile, could you cast your eagle-eye over it beforehand. Regards! Pendright (talk) 04:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I will have a chance to look it over tomorrow. Be glad to. Cuprum17 (talk) 12:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Pendright:Finally got to look over the SPARS article and I have made a few minor corrections/additions. It looks like a really fine article now and I hope it can pass muster for A-Class. Thank you for your interest in this Coast Guard subject, something near and dear to my heart. I'm sure that nominating SPARS for A-class will bring out additional suggestions and/or comments. I know that the one A-class article I wrote kept me busy for about a month on the review process just putting out small fires from reviewers. I hope this message finds you in good health and cheer, Shipmate! Cuprum17 (talk) 12:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023
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The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023
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German submarine U-157
Got a reason of your revert ?

Unreliable source like uboat.net ? Comrade John (talk) 13:36, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Your original post was unsourced. Now that you have provided a source, I don't have a problem with it.Cuprum17 (talk) 00:11, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 212, December 2023
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