A Japanese prisoner sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen, Cape Gloucester
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen on the deck of an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3205. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. COAST GUARD SHIP KEEPS SPICK 'N SPAN. A captured Japanese helps Coast Guardsmen sweep down the deck of an LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) during the invasion at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. The prisoner is being taken to a base camp. Coast Guard and Navy manned LSTs participated in the invasion." Caption written in blue pencil: a circled "4" and "crop as in [indistinguishable]." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. No date
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1943
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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Gloucester, Cape
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Cleaning--Pacific Ocean--New Britain
Landing craft--American--New Britain