Marines and Coast Guardsmen holding a Japanese flag, Engebi Island, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. A group of Marine and Coast Guard soldiers holding up a Japanese flagon Engebi Island. Caption on reverse: "3342. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read: 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' VICTORS DISPLAY FLAG OF THE VANQUISHED. Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who stormed and captured Engebi Island in the Marshalls, display a bullet-riddled Japanese flag, which went down under the terrific firepower of the Americans' initial sweep from the Coast Guard-manned landing barges." Caption stamped in pink ink: "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard.'" 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.
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Enewetak
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11.583
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162.333
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Ships--American--Enewetak
Musical instruments