Coast Guardsman checking the sights of a cockpit machine gun
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Coast Guardsman checking the sights of a cockpit machine gun. Caption on reverse: "18433. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. 'SEA BIRD' GUN CHECK. A U.S. Coast Guard flying officer checks the sights of a machine gun, mounted atop the extreme forward cockpit of a Coast Guard 'Sea Bird' before taking off for convoy duty in the clouds. Coast Guard amphibian planes are literally flying arsenals of depth charges, for use against enemy submarines." Location unknown. No date
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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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Airplanes--American
Artillery (Weaponry)--American