Coast Guardsman giving a Marshallese woman a cigarette, Marshall Islands
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman giving a Marshallese woman a cigarette while holding a Marshallese boy. Official caption on reverse: "3313. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' COAST GUARDSMEN QUICK TO WIN NATIVES' FRIENDSHIP. Freed from long dominance by the Japanese, natives welcome fighting Americans to the Marshall Islands. Here, Coast Guardsman Joseph Baldwin, Jr., yeoman first class, of 3801 Alton Place, Washington, D.C. presents a package of cigarettes and some candy to a native mother, while he comforts her injured child." Marshall Islands. No date
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1943
1944
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Items from the service of John J. Scanlan Jr., who served in the United States Coast Guard. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Scanlan worked for a newspaper prior to joining the Coast Guard. During the war, he acquired photographs published by the Public Relations Division of the United States Coast Guard. The collection consists of photographs from most of the theaters of operations and depict life in the field and aboard a ship for Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Also included is a satirical piece of military correspondence. See collection 2012.321 for more items from the collection subject.
Geography:
Marshall Islands
Latitude:
11.000
Longitude:
168.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Indigenous peoples--Marshallese--Marshall Islands
Mothers--Marshall Islands