Coast Guard cadets extinguishing a fire, United States
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Three Coast Guard cadets use a water hose to extinguish a fire during a drill. Official caption on reverse: "92143(3). From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Coast Guard Cadet Fire Fighters. Cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in training at a Coast Guard Fire Fighting School, charge a blaze during instructions in extinguishing a pier fire. Safeguarding America's waterfront and its huge shipments of vital supplies to the war zones is a grave responsibility of the Coast Guard. Coast Guard fireboats and shore fighting units insure a constant 'bridge' of ships, carrying war supplies to the far-flung battle zones of the world. 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.
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United States
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38.000
Longitude:
-98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Fire fighters--United States
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean