Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3339. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' THIS JAP WOULDN'T SURRENDER. This closeup of war, caught by a Coast Guard combat photographer on Eniwetok Atoll, is not a pretty picture but it presents the problem of a ruthless foe who refuses to surrender. The Jap had just propped himself on his elbows at the mouth of his foxhole on Engebi Island, when a burst of fire from American Marines' flame throwers burned him out of the war." Caption stamped in black ink: "In rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard.'" Engebi Islandl, Marshall Islands. 1944
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Date:
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.
Geography:
Enewetak
Latitude:
11.583
Longitude:
162.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Japanese--Engebi
Soldiers--Japanese--Enewetak