Coast Guardsman playing the organ for a Marshallese congregation, Marshall Islands, 1944
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Photograph. A Coast Guardsman playing the organ on a wooden platform during a religious service for a Marshallese congregation. Caption on reverse: "3317. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' CHURCH CALL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. Natives of the Marshall Islands join their new American friends in a service of worship conducted by Navy Chaplain John M. Kleckner (lower left), of Philadelphia, Pa. Coast Guardsman Joseph Baldwin, Jr., of 3801 Alton Place, Washington, D.C. is shown playing a hymn on a portable organ brought ashore in a landing barge from a Coast Guard-manned assault transport." Marshall Islands. 1944