Coast Guard officers observing a Coast Guard fire boat demonstration, Washington, D.C.

Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche and Captain Norman B. Hall observe a Coast Guard fire boat demonstration. Official caption on reverse: "3290 / 3291. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. The Front Behind the Front. Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, (right), U.S. Coast Guard Commandant and Captain Norman B. Hall, Chief of Coast Guard Port Security Division, inspect Washington, D.C. waterfront safety measures as a Coast Guard fire boat pours out hundreds of gallons of water. The demonstration marked the conclusion of two years successful port protection by the Coast Guard. Charged with the responsibility of protecting the nation's ports through which the ever increasing flow of invasion supplies, munitions and men passes, the Coast Guard has handled this vital wartime assignment without a single major loss in addition to carrying out the duties of convoys and landing invasion troops abroad." Washington, D.C. No date

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Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.018
Date: 
1941
1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Fire fighters--United States
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: 
District of Columbia
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Fire fighters--United States
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean