Coast Guardsman examining a dead Japanese soldier, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman standing over the body of a dead Japanese soldier in a beach trench. Caption stamped in blue ink at base of photo and on reverse: "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Caption on reverse: "3359. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' 'FOR THE EMPEROR--'. This Jap died manning his gun as American invaders swept over Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Coast Guardsman Ted Radolph, yeoman first class, of St. Paul, Minn., looks over the crumpled figure who gave his life for the Son of Heaven." Enewetak 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.
Geography:
Enewetak
Latitude:
11.583
Longitude:
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Dead persons--Enewetak
Soldiers--Japanese--Enewetak