British troops practice maneuvers on a beach in the South Pacific
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. British troops exiting a landing craft on a beach. Caption on reverse: "2018. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' HITTING THE BEACH. British Empire troops, rifles in hand, debark from Coast Guard-manned landing craft during practice amphibious invasion operations somewhere in the South Pacific. They train to join American invaders in clearing the Japs from the Pacific." Location unknown. No date
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1941
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.
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Pacific Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Military maneuvers