Coast Guardsman taking notes aboard a transport ship. Bougainville Island
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. A tattooed Coast Guardsman taking notes about supply distribution aboard a Coast Guard transport ship. Caption on reverse: "3158. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U. S. Coast Guard Photo. SHIPPING CLERK FOR AN INVASION. Coast Guardsman Dan Benson, boatswain's mate first class of Dafter, Mich., keeps check on the unloading of supplies from a Coast Guard manned combat transport at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. Progress reports are kept to the minute during the invasion." Personal caption: unreadable scrawl in pencil. Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. No date
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1943
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.
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Bougainville
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tattooing--American--Bougainville
Military supplies--American--Bougainville