Servicemen triumphantly holding a Japanese flag, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Marines and Coast Guardsmen triumphantly holding a Japanese flag in a landing craft alongside a ship. Official caption on reverse: "3344. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' THE RISING SUN SETS AT ENIWETOK. After wiping out the Jap defenders of Engebi Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Coast Guardsmen and Marines bring back a bullet-torn Jap battle flag, captured in the invasion. Here they pull along side a Coast Guard-manned transport in a landing barge and make ready to climb up the landing net. They brought out Jap flags and guns as souvenirs of the conquest. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. 1944
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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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Enewetak
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11.583
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162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Enewetak
Flags--Japanese--Enewetak