Coast Guardsman drinking water, 1943
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. A Coast Guardsman drinking water from a glass jug while aboard a combat transport ship. Official caption on reverse: "3020. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. Invasions are a Hot Business. A U.S. Coast Guardsman quenches the thirst worked up while standing a gun watch under the hot Pacific sun. He is Coxswain Charles P. McCann of 1230 Woodlawn Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana, who is attached to a Coast Guard manned combat transport that participated in the invasion of Makin." Unknown location. 1943
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1943
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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
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Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean