Japanese soldiers being hauled on to a boat, Namur Island, 1944

Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description: 

Photograph. Japanese soldiers grasping a rope as they are hauled out of the ocean and into a Coast Guard rescue boat. Caption on reverse: "3285. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read / 'Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo.' FOUR COAST GUARDSMEN CAPTURE NINE JAPS AT KWAJALEIN. Two of nine Japs, captured on a sand spit off Namur Island at Kwajalein, crawl hand over hand along a line through a heavy surf to a Coast Guard-manned landing craft after they had been routed from their off-shore hideout. The four Coast Guardsmen came upon the Japs after their craft had become stranded near the sand spit. The Nips raised their hands when they faced two machine guns." Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll. 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Mrs. Kathleen M. Scanlan
Accession Number: 
2015.063.051
Date: 
1944
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Topical Subjects: 
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Kwajalein
Collection Level: 
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: 
Kwajalein
Latitude: 
9.250
Longitude: 
167.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Prisoners of war--Japanese--Kwajalein
Soldiers--Japanese--Marshall Islands