Marines resting aboard a Coast Guard transport ship. Enewetak Atoll, 1944

Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description: 

Photograph. Three Marines covered in dirt and gunpowder sip coffee aboard a Coast Guard transport ship after a battle. Caption stamped in pink 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.' COFFEE FOR THE CONQUERORS OF ENIWETOK. These Marines, begrimed and weary from two days and two nights of fighting, are typical of the conquerors of Eniwetok Atoll. Storming ashore from Coast Guard-manned landing craft, they swept Engebi Island away from the Japs in six hours and then went on to wipe out the Nips on Eniwetok. Here they are back on a Coast Guard-manned assault transport hungrily downing cups of hot coffee." Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.077
Date: 
1944
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Topical Subjects: 
Mess halls--Enewetak
Ships--American--Enewetak
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: 
Enewetak
Latitude: 
11.583
Longitude: 
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Mess halls--Enewetak
Ships--American--Enewetak