Coast Guardsmen on watch
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Two Coast Guardsmen leaning against a large artillery gun at the bow of a Coast Guard cutter. Caption on reverse: "3274321. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. CUTTER BOW. Looking down on the armed bow of a U.S. Coast Guard convoy cutter as she cleaves the ocean waters shepherding a convoy of transport ships through enemy infested sea-lanes. Patrolling alone, or guarding large convoys, Coast Guard cutters are death to enemy submarines." Personal caption: a circled "4" in pencil. Location unknown. No date
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1941
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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