Coast Guardsmen being rescued from the Atlantic Ocean, 1943
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Members of the Coast GUard patrol craft Wilcox being rescued from the Atlantic Ocean. Caption on reverse: "2067. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. SEVENTEEN HOURS IN THE WATER. These U.S. Coast Guardsmen spent 17 exhausting hours in storm tossed seas before being rescued. Crew members of the Coast Guard patrol vessel WILCOX, their ship foundered during a storm off the east Coast in September, 1943. Only Coast Guardsman lost was swept off the ship's deck by waves." Atlantic Ocean. September 1943
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1943-09-
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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:
Rescues--Atlantic Ocean
Shipwrecks--Atlantic Ocean