USCG sailors posing aboard LST-170
Gift of William P. Desjardins
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Photograph. Unidentified United States Coast Guard sailors posing aboard LST-170 by the stern anchor wench. The sailor on the left has his shirt stuffed to give himself a large gut. The sailor on the right [African American] has .50 cal belted ammunition draped over his shoulders and is holding a 3 inch shell. Location unknown. No date
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1943-05-
1946-04-
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Items from the service of an unidentified United States Coast Guard [USCG] sailor aboard LST-170 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. LST-170 was commissioned on 31 May 1943, and manned by an all USCG crew. Between May 1943 and the end of the war, LST-170 participated in multiple landings in the Bismark Islands, New Guinea, Hollandia, and the Philippines. She earned seven battle stars during the war in the Pacific. This collection consists of photographs that depict ship board life, islands in the pacific, and invasions.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Sailors--American--Pacific Ocean
Ships--American--Pacific Ocean
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Pacific Ocean