African American Marines boarding a transport ship
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A unit of African American Marines boarding a transport ship. Official caption on reverse: "3217. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Negro Marines on a Coast Guard-Manned Transport. With light fighting equipment, Negro Marines board a U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport bound for battle against the Japs in the South Pacific." Location unknown. No date
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1942
1945
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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.
Geography:
United States
Latitude:
38.000
Longitude:
-98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans