Honoring a female Filipino American WWII hero

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Honoring a female ********* ********* WWII hero

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The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned its latest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) named after Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, a ********* ********* woman hailed as a World War II hero. The

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, which is now the “only currently active ship in the ******* States military named after a ********* *********,”

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after a ceremony held at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Oct. 24.

About the namesake: Born to a ********* mother and ********* father who settled in the Philippines after the 1898 Spanish-********* war, Finch

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the U.S. Army’s intelligence branch in Manila after high school. When Manila fell to ********* forces on Jan. 2, 1942, she hid her ********* roots, secured a job at the *********-controlled Philippine Liquid Fuel Distributing Union and used this position to support the Philippine resistance by diverting fuel supplies and arranging sabotage missions against the occupiers. She was arrested in October 1944, then imprisoned and tortured for her activities. After being liberated by ********* forces on Feb. 10, 1945, Finch moved to New York, where she enlisted in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve. Finch was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon for her sacrifices in WWII, making her the first woman to receive the distinction. She ***** on Dec. 8, 2016, at the age of 101 and was given a

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with full honors in April 2017.

What they’re saying: Speaking to

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, Finch’s daughter Betty Finch Murphy noted that the occasion was “a complete and total honor and surprise.” Recalling her mother’s resilience, Murphy shared how Finch avoided post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during her captivity by repeating the mantra, “I will survive,” even while being forced to squat all day in her 4’-by-6’ cell. The 154-foot vessel with a flank speed of 28 knots will

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in the Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Columbia River.

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