Near Nuff With That Shrapnel Stuff
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Maker
Near Nuff With That Shrapnel Stuff
June 1944
Gelatin silver print
19.4 x 23.8 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "2752" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo"
"Near Nuff With That Shrapnel Stuff" "Shrapnel punched this hole in
the helmet of Coast Guardsman Charles W. Tyner, fireman first class,
of Portsmouth, VA. It was one of those things. Tyner received only a
'superficial scratch.' It happened in the invasion of Southern France,
went Tyner, a Coast Guard invader, hit the beach from a Coast Guard-
manned assault transport." "In rewriting caption please mention..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo"
"Near Nuff With That Shrapnel Stuff" "Shrapnel punched this hole in
the helmet of Coast Guardsman Charles W. Tyner, fireman first class,
of Portsmouth, VA. It was one of those things. Tyner received only a
'superficial scratch.' It happened in the invasion of Southern France,
went Tyner, a Coast Guard invader, hit the beach from a Coast Guard-
manned assault transport." "In rewriting caption please mention..."
