Callaway Heroes Await Burial At Sea
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Callaway Heroes Await Burial At Sea
1944
Gelatin silver print
19.5 x 23.9 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions verso-(printed) "3920" "From: Public Relations Division U.S. Coast
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Callaway Heroes Await Burial At Sea" "Coast Guardsmen, who gave their
lives in the operation to establish a beachhead on Luzon, are shrouded
in canvass (sic), awaiting burial at sea. They were killed when the
USS Callaway, a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport, was hit
squarely in the superstructure during a Japanese bomber attack off
Luzon. There were upwards of 50 casualties. In a few moments, ..."
Guard Washington, D.C." "Official Coast Guard Photo"
"Callaway Heroes Await Burial At Sea" "Coast Guardsmen, who gave their
lives in the operation to establish a beachhead on Luzon, are shrouded
in canvass (sic), awaiting burial at sea. They were killed when the
USS Callaway, a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport, was hit
squarely in the superstructure during a Japanese bomber attack off
Luzon. There were upwards of 50 casualties. In a few moments, ..."
