Coast Guardsman playing the organ for a Marshallese congregation, Marshall Islands, 1944
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A Coast Guardsman playing the organ on a wooden platform during a religious service for a Marshallese congregation. Caption on reverse: "3317. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' CHURCH CALL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. Natives of the Marshall Islands join their new American friends in a service of worship conducted by Navy Chaplain John M. Kleckner (lower left), of Philadelphia, Pa. Coast Guardsman Joseph Baldwin, Jr., of 3801 Alton Place, Washington, D.C. is shown playing a hymn on a portable organ brought ashore in a landing barge from a Coast Guard-manned assault transport." 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:
Marshall Islands
Latitude:
11.000
Longitude:
168.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Religious services--Marshall Islands
Musical instruments--Marshall Islands