Marines boarding a combat transport ship in the South Pacific

Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description: 

Photograph. Marine carrying his sea bag and weaponry boards a combat transport ship. Official caption on paper attached to base of photo: "From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photos / Studies in How They Look When They Go. How men look when they come aboard a U.S. Coast Guard manned combat transport for transfer to a war front is shown in these pictures from the South Pacific. The men, serious-faced, helmeted in these studies made by a Coast Guard combat photographer are Marines." Caption on reverse: "2082. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. 'DRESSED FIT TO KILL.' 'Dressed fit to kill,' helmeted Marines carrying full field equipment come aboard a Coast Guard manned combat transport in a South Pacific port. They are headed for a fighting front." Location unknown. No date

Image Information

Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.042
Date: 
1941
1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Ships--American--Pacific Islands
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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: 
Pacific Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Ships--American--Pacific Islands
Rest periods--Pacific Ocean