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After WWII ended Ted Ruoff stayed in the Navy and made Chief Petty Officer. He eventually made Chief Warrant Officer and retired from the Navy in 1959 as a CWO2. This was a commisioned rank which reportedly caused his wife Rita Flaherty, herself a Yeoman in the US Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) to remark, "Get that gold braid out of this house".
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