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Brazilian president Getulio Vargas, Coast Guard Captain George W. McKean and Brazilian soldiers in troop quarters aboard Coast Guard-manned troop transport
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Four Brazilian soldiers salute Brazilian president Getulio Vargas. Coast Guard Captain and skipper of the transport George W. McKean walks behind Vargas. Sign on doorway: "TROOP'S QUARTERS / A-205-L / BHD NO 62", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:36:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-11-04, Typewritten on back: "3660 / FROM: / PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION / U.S. COAST GUARD / WASHINGTON, D.C. / OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT INSPECTS COAST GUARD-MANNED TRANSPORT / PRESIDENT GETULIO VARGAS ENTERS THE TROOP QUARTERS ON AN IN- / SPECTION TOUR THROUGH A COAST GUARD-MANNED TROOP TRANSPORT / WHICH CARRIED BRAZILIAN FORCES TO THE EUROPEAN WAR THEATRE. / BRAZILIAN SOLDIERS GIVE HIM A SNAPPY SALUTE. BEHIND PRESI- / DENT VARGAS IS COAST GUARD CAPTAIN GEORGE W. MCKEAN, SKIPPER / OF THE TRANSPORT, WHOM THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT DECORATED / WITH THE MEDAL OF MILITARY MERIT FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF / THE REPUBLIC'S TROOPS OVERSEAS."
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Coast Guardsmen and Marines on boat deck at Lenten Mass
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Aerial view of Coast Guardsmen and Marines at Lenten Mass honoring Marshall Islands Dead., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:32:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-11-04, Typewritten on back: "3438 / From: / Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Credit Line Must Read "OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO" / LENTEN MASS HONORS MARSHALL ISLANDS DEAD / Hundreds of fighting Coast Guardsmen and Marines gather in / reverence at an Easter season Catholic memorial mass on the / after boat deck of a Coast Guard-manned assault transport off / the Marshall Islands. Honor was paid to comrades who gave their / lives in the victorious invasion of Kwajalein and Eniwetok atolls / and other Marshall Island strongholds. The ship's chaplain, / assisted by the Marine Corps chaplain, lead the services before / an improvised altar, marked by the American flag draped from a / landing barge. / ***"
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USS Arthur Middleton afloat in the ocean, 1943
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The USS Middleton floats., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:32:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4
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Previous issue date: 2002-11-04, Felix Grant served on this ship during World War II. This was an attack destroyer. The ship served in seven amphibious missions. (Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa). Stamped on back: "CREDIT LINE / photo no 26-G-9-24-43 (8) / in the National Archives"
