File:Lot-741-8 (27369114341).jpg

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Description Lot-741-8: U.S. Coast Guard, WWII. Port Security’s A Coast Guard Job. Fields of Death. Row on row, 2,000-pound blockbusters wait at the seaside for shipment to Allied airmen busy pulverizing the Axis. A sharp-eyed Coast Guardsman walks through the rows of bombs that represent future “crosses among the poppies” for the enemy. Guarding the bombs from saboteurs is part of the Coast Guard’s port security job. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/06/03).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/27369114341 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

10 July 2018

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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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