Wounded Japanese being cared for on an American base, Marshall Islands, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Wounded Japanese soldier sipping coffee in a tent at an American military base. Caption on reverse: "3306. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read: 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' JAP PREFERS YANKEE COFFEE TO YANKEE BULLETS. A U.S. Coast Guard combat photographer 'shoots' a captured Japanese soldier in the Marshall Islands as he awaits transfer to a prison ship. His wounds dressed, the humble Nip drains a cup of American coffee and finds a prisoner of war more comfortable than being a target for American riflemen." Marshall Islands. 1944
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Date:
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.
Geography:
Marshall Islands
Latitude:
11.000
Longitude:
168.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Wounds & injuries--Marshall Islands
Soldiers--Japanese--Marshall Islands