Coast Guardsmen struggling to unbeach a marooned transport barge, Bougainville Islands
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Coast Guardsmen struggling to unbeach a marooned transport barge. Official caption on reverse: "3170. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. RESCUING AN INVASION BARGE. Using the seamanship which became traditional with the U.S. Coast Guard through generations of experience on American shores, Coast Guardsmen endeavor to free an invasion barge caught fast on the beach at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. Surf whipped the barge around, but it did not tip. Handling invasion barges in strange waters requires veteran seamanship." Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville 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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Empress Augusta Bay
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Barges--Bougainville
Beaches--Bougainville