U.S. Coast Guard World War II veteran and SPAR Irene Ayriss Stone sits beside her daughter, Carleen Kizer, while celebrating her 100th birthday at her senior living community in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 2, 2015. Stone was 27 years old when she joined the Coast Guard and was a petty officer second class radioman. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer A. Nease)
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