African American Marines relaxing on ship deck, Pacific Ocean
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Three African American Marines relaxing on a ship deck. Two are smoking and one is reading. Official caption on reverse: "3216. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Negro Marines Light Up. Relaxing aboard a U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport headed for Pacific invasion areas, three Negro Marines catch a smoke. Tomorrow, it will be the smoke of battle." Pacific Ocean. No date
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1942
1945
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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:
Pacific Ocean
Latitude:
-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Smoking--Pacific Ocean
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Pacific Ocean