Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST, Cape Gloucester
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Coast Guardsmen transporting a wounded serviceman on to an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3095. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. CAPE GLOUCESTER WOUNDED. Through the open bow doors wounded invaders are brought aboard a Coast Guard manned LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) in a heavy downpour of rain at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Coast Guardsmen are helping the stretcher bearers. A short time before mechanized equipment rolled out these doors. Coast Guardand [sic] Navy manned LSTs took part in the invasion." 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
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Landing craft--American--New Britain
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--New Britain