Coast Guard Tank Taxi Heads For The Beach
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Maker
Coast Guard Tank Taxi Heads For The Beach
1944
Gelatin silver print
19.2 x 24.2 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3319" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard
Photo'" "Coast Guard Tank Taxi Heads For The Beach" "Through heavy
fire from Jap shore positions a Coast Guard-manned landing craft darts
toward a Marshall Island beach to carry a tank into action. Marines
are seated in the tank ready to roll onto the beach the moment the
ramp falls. Expert small boat handling by Coast Guardsmen figures
materialli in the success of Pacific amphibious operations."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard
Photo'" "Coast Guard Tank Taxi Heads For The Beach" "Through heavy
fire from Jap shore positions a Coast Guard-manned landing craft darts
toward a Marshall Island beach to carry a tank into action. Marines
are seated in the tank ready to roll onto the beach the moment the
ramp falls. Expert small boat handling by Coast Guardsmen figures
materialli in the success of Pacific amphibious operations."
