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This undated photo provided by the United States Coast Guard shows Florence Ebersole Smith Finch. Finch, who joined the U.S. Coast Guard after surviving months of torture by the Japanese for helping Filipino guerrillas during World War II, will be buried with full military honors on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Ithaca, N.Y. She died in December 2016 at age 101. (United States Coast Guard via AP)

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This June 16, 2016 photo provided by the United States Coast Guard shows Florence Ebersole Smith Finch. Finch, who joined the U.S. Coast Guard after surviving months of torture by the Japanese for helping Filipino guerrillas during World War II, will be buried with full military honors on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Ithaca, N.Y. She died in December 2016 at age 101. (United States Coast Guard via AP)

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Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant of the United States Coast Guard holds up the deed to the waterfront property slated for the future National Coast Guard Museum during his comments at the ground breaking ceremony for the museum at the City Pier Stage on Waterfront Park in New London, Conn, Friday May 2, 2014. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)

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Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant of the United States Coast Guard signs the deed transfer from the City of New London, Conn., to the Coast Guard for the National Coast Guard Museum during a ceremony at the City Pier Stage on Waterfront Park in New London Friday May 2, 2014. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)

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From left, United States Coast Guard Seaman John Zegarra, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Tesse Wilson and Chief Petty Officer Shawn Hansen demonstrate an 18' Zodiac inflatable boat in downtown Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa Police department, United States Coast Guard and the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission displayed vessels they will use to secure waterways during the Republican National Convention in Tampa in a special event open only to the media. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Edmund D. Fountain)