Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944

Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description: 

Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse standing halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3340. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' The Heat is on in the Pacific. This Jap Imperial Marine had started to crawl out of his foxhole when white hot fire, hurled from a flame gun in the hands of American Marines, burned him to a crisp. Flame throwers proved effective in liquidating Nip snipers' nests during the smashing conquest of Engebi Island in Eniwetok Atoll. This graphic picture was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer from an assault troop transport." Stamped in pink type: "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Engebi Island, Marshall Islands. 1944

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Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.016
Date: 
1944
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Topical Subjects: 
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--Engebi
Collection Level: 
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: 
Enewetak
Latitude: 
11.583
Longitude: 
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--Engebi
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean