Injured Coast Guardsman in a hospital bunk
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman Charles Sheris propped on one arm and grinning in his hospital bunk. Caption on reverse: "1784. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. WOUNDED IN INVASION OF SICILY. Coast Guardsman Charles Sheris has a big grin despite shrapnel wounds received when German bombers attacked a Coast Guard-manned transport carrying soldiers for the invasion of Gela, Sicily. Sheris was on deck when the JU-88s attacked. His home is at 437 Franklin St., Port Washington, Wisconsin." Mediterranean Sea. 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.
Geography:
Mediterranean Sea
Latitude:
31.500
Longitude:
30.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Mediterranean Sea
Wounds & injuries--Sicily