Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother, New York
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Teenage Coast Guardsman Joseph Gadek, Jr. holding the Purple Heart medal awarded to his deceased brother. Caption on reverse: "11-27-43-2. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. REPLACES BROTHER IN COAST GUARD. Seventeen-year-old Joseph A. Gadek, Jr., is taking his brother's place in the Coast Guard. The lad's brother died when the Coast Guard Cutter ESCANABA sank as the result of an underwater explosion while on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Joseph, an apprentice seaman at the Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York, is shown here with the Purple Heart posthumously awarded his brother. His home is at 512 Alexander Ave., Linden, N.J." Brooklyn, New York. No date
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1943
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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Brooklyn
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40.683
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-73.967
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Military decorations--United States
Military officers--American--New York