Two Coast Guardsman unload a vessel as three others head out on scout patrol in Greenland. 1941-45
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Photograph of an illustration of two Coast Guardsman unloading a vessel as three others head out on scout patrol in Greenland.Official caption on reverse: "110843(6). From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official U.S. Coast Guard. Scouts Set Out For The Hills. U.S. Coastguardsmen unload supplies from their ship as two U.S. Army scouts with a corporal from the Greenland army as guide leave to scout the hills for Germans suspected of being there. Sketched in Greenland by Coast Guard combat artist Norman Thomas." A circled "1" drawn in pencil on photo reverse. No date
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1941
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:
Grønland
Latitude:
72.000
Longitude:
-40.000
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Military facilities--American
Death & burial