This Is The Bunk
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Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
This Is The Bunk
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 24 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3324" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"This Is The Bunk" "Five deep they sleep in the troops' quarters
aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport crossing the seas toward a
combat zone. Two soldiers pass the half hour before 'lights out'
reading, while others are already 'in the hay' pounding off the
slumber. The bunks are not designed for comfort." (rubberstamp) "In
rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard'"
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"This Is The Bunk" "Five deep they sleep in the troops' quarters
aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport crossing the seas toward a
combat zone. Two soldiers pass the half hour before 'lights out'
reading, while others are already 'in the hay' pounding off the
slumber. The bunks are not designed for comfort." (rubberstamp) "In
rewriting captions please mention 'Coast Guard'"
