African American USCG sailors posing in front of .50 cal anti-aircraft gun
Gift of William P. Desjardins
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Photograph. Four African American United States Coast Guard sailors posing in front of a MK21 .50 cal mount aboard LST-170. Two other sailors are standing in the background. Location unknown. No date
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1943-05-
1946-04-
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Items from the service of an unidentified United States Coast Guard [USCG] sailor aboard LST-170 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. LST-170 was commissioned on 31 May 1943, and manned by an all USCG crew. Between May 1943 and the end of the war, LST-170 participated in multiple landings in the Bismark Islands, New Guinea, Hollandia, and the Philippines. She earned seven battle stars during the war in the Pacific. This collection consists of photographs that depict ship board life, islands in the pacific, and invasions.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Pacific Ocean