Coast Guardsmen lifting a wounded soldier on to a hospital ship, Marshall Islands
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Two Coast Guardsmen lifting a wounded soldier on a stretcher from a landing craft to a hospital ship. Caption on reverse: "3305. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' COAST GUARDSMEN BRING WOUNDED FROM INVASION BEACH. A wounded Marine is removed from a Marshall Islands invasion beach by U.S. Coast Guardsmen. With a landing barge serving as a 'sea ambulance,' casualties are speeded back to the Coast Guard-manned transport lying off-shore. There the wounded receive surgical care and hospitalization." Marshall Islands. No date
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1943
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:
Landing craft--American--Marshall Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American--Marshall Islands