Coast Guardsman scanning ocean, North Atlantic
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A Coast Guardsman scanning the ocean through a pair of binoculars while aboard a combat cutter. Official caption on reverse: "3358. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' Transatlantic Parade. Serenely steaming across the Atlantic, assured of protection from marauding submarines by alert Coast Guard fighting escorts, a convoy of troops and supplies moves toward the European war zones. This picture, taken from a Coast Guard combat cutter, shows the vanguard of another parade of ships through waters which once were deadly hazardous." Atlantic Ocean. 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:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
Longitude:
-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean
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