Marines awaiting invasion orders, Bougainville Islands
Gift of the Scanlan Family
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Photograph. Marines in full gear waiting for orders to go ashore. Official caption on reverse: "3161. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo. GOING ASHORE AT BOUGAINVILLE. Crowding the deck of a Coast Guard manned combat transport, U.S. Marines wait to go ashore at Bougainville in the Solomons. They carry full combat equipment and wear helmets camouflaged for jungle warfare. Coast Guardsmen have already ferried some of the Marines ashore in landing barges." Caption written in pencil: an underlined "2." Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. 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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Bougainville
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Bougainville
Beaches--Bougainville