Coast Guardsmen singing in a bunkroom on the USCGC Mayflower, Atlantic Ocean
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. A group of Coast Guardsmen gather around another guardsman playing a guitar in a bunkroom aboard the USCGC Mayflower (WPE-183). Official caption on reverse: "3175. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Off Watch Aboard the Mayflower. Aboard the MAYFLOWER, U.S. Coast Guardsmen off watch relax with a bit of song to the strains of the guitar. This is the third war for the famed old Presidential yacht, now manned for patrol duty by Coast Guardsmen. The MAYFLOWER previously participated in the Spanish-American and First World Wars." Atlantic Ocean. 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.
Geography:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
Longitude:
-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Musical instruments--Atlantic Ocean
Death & burial