Captured Japanese soldiers in a landing craft, Kwajalein Atoll. 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Captured Japanese soldiers in a landing craft surrounded by Coast Guardsmen. Caption on reverse: "3287. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' FOUR COAST GUARDSMEN CAPTURE NINE JAPS AT KWAJALEIN. All their fight gone, the captured Japs crouch on the deck, as their captors free the beached landing craft. Coast Guard Ensign Russell M. Keith, of Brockton, Massachusetts, on engine box, and Coxswain Danny Murphy of Richmond Hill, N.Y. sitting on gunwale, keep sharp eyes on their 'guests' as the landing barge heads for its Coast Guard-manned transport." Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944
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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.
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Kwajalein
Latitude:
9.250
Longitude:
167.500
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Prisoners of war--Japanese--Kwajalein
Wounds & injuries--Sicily