Invasion Hero Buried At Sea
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Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Invasion Hero Buried At Sea
1944
Gelatin silver print
18.9 x 24.1 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3437" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard
Photo'" "Invasion Hero Buried At Sea" "From a Coast Guard-manned
assault transport off the Marshall Islands, the body of a Marine, who
fell in the glorious conquest of the Japanese bases, is consigned to
the sea. The chaplain, at left, officiates in the last rites as
comrades carefully slide the body over the rail. The Stars and Stripes
cover the dead Marine until the moment his body falls to its deep..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Credit Line Must Read 'Official Coast Guard
Photo'" "Invasion Hero Buried At Sea" "From a Coast Guard-manned
assault transport off the Marshall Islands, the body of a Marine, who
fell in the glorious conquest of the Japanese bases, is consigned to
the sea. The chaplain, at left, officiates in the last rites as
comrades carefully slide the body over the rail. The Stars and Stripes
cover the dead Marine until the moment his body falls to its deep..."
