Vice Admiral Russell Waesche and Captain Norman Hall at a commemoration ceremony, Washington, D.C.

Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Vice Admiral Russell Waesche and Captain Norman Hall observing a commemoration ceremony. Caption on reverse: "3292. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' THEY HAVE WORLD'S LARGEST FIREBOAT FLEET. The Coast Guard Commandant, Vice Admiral Russell B. Waesche, (left) and Captain Norman B. Hall, chief of the Coast Guard Port Security Division, commemorate the conclusion of two successful years of port protection by inspecting Washington, D. C. waterfront protection facilities. The Coast Guard, responsible for the protection of ports through which pass the vital war supplies, munitions and men, maintains the largest fleet of fireboats in the world, in addition to carrying out its other wartime duties of ferrying invasion troops to enemy shores." Washington, D.C. No date

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Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.088
Date: 
1943
1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Military officers--American--Washington, District of Columbia
Collection Level: 
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: 
District of Columbia
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
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Military officers--American--Washington, District of Columbia
Military officers--American--Washington, District of Columbia