Coast Guardsmen loading landing crafts with supplies

Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Coast Guardsmen loading up landing crafts with supplies from a ship. Caption on reverse: "2019. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard Photo.' SUPPLY BARGES LOAD UP FOR BEACH DASH. Close in the wake of the fighting waves, Coast Guard-manned landing craft load up to sprint ashore with mechanized equipment and supplies during practice invasion operations somewhere in the South Pacific." Location unknown. 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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Pacific Islands
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military supplies--American--Pacific Islands
Landing craft--American--Pacific Islands