Coast Guardsman hitting a speed bag, North Atlantic
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman hitting a speed bag on the deck of a cutter while four others observe. Official caption on reverse: "From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Coast Guardsmen Keep Fit at Sea. Getting up before breakfast, sailors aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter punch the bag to keep battle-fit. Their ship is on North Atlantic convoy duty. Coast Guardsmen, form left to right, are: Robert E. Kilthau, yeoman first class, of Patchogue, New York; Charles C. Reid, surfman, of Chicago, Ilinois; Leonard Derleth, apprentice seaman, of Long Island, New York; and Edward Coonfer, seaman first class, of Detroit, Michigan." Atlantic Ocean. 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:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
Longitude:
-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Calisthenics--United States
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean