Navy surgeons operating on a wounded Marine aboard a Coast Guard ship, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Four Navy surgeons operating on a wounded Marine aboard a Coast Guard ship. Caption stamped in blue ink on photo reverse: "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Caption on reverse: "3349. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' SHRAPNEL HUNTERS. A U.S. Coast Guard combat photographer in the Eniwetok Atoll invasion pictures Public Health Service and Navy surgeons removing shrapnel from the wounds of a Marine who fell in the first wave that charged the beaches from Coast Guard-manned landing craft." 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Enewetak
Ships--American--Enewetak
Medical personnel--American--Enewetak