Coast Guard paratrooper in full gear, Alaska
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A Coast Guard paratrooper in full gear posing in a barren landscape. Photo was cropped so caption is incomplete. Caption on reverse: "0113441. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. COAST GUARD PARA-RESCUER READY TO 'GO ALOFT.' Coast Guardsman M. L. Nelson, parachute rigger third cl- Canton, Illinois, is one of this group of hardy, aerial trained to leap into the Alaskan wilderness to 'bring-." Alaska. 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.
Geography:
Alaska
Latitude:
65.000
Longitude:
-153.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Paratroopers--American--Alaska
Ships--American--Pacific Islands