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| Keywords: blackandwhite people monochrome indoor black and white Lot-916-8: Oil Coated Seaman Returns by Coast Guard. One of many rescued by Coast Guardsmen of two destroyer escorts during a German bomber attack off the coast of North Africa (Cape Bengut, Algeria), a U.S. Navy seaman relaxes as two Coast Guardsmen scrape a thick coating of oil from his body. The survivor’s ship, USS Lansdale, was sunk by German planes, April 20, 1944. The Coast Guardsman in the picture are Motor Machinist’s Mate First Class Virgil Mathis and Seaman First Class Melvin Howard. Official Coast Guard Photograph, RG-G-2140. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/19). Lot-916-8: Oil Coated Seaman Returns by Coast Guard. One of many rescued by Coast Guardsmen of two destroyer escorts during a German bomber attack off the coast of North Africa (Cape Bengut, Algeria), a U.S. Navy seaman relaxes as two Coast Guardsmen scrape a thick coating of oil from his body. The survivor’s ship, USS Lansdale, was sunk by German planes, April 20, 1944. The Coast Guardsman in the picture are Motor Machinist’s Mate First Class Virgil Mathis and Seaman First Class Melvin Howard. Official Coast Guard Photograph, RG-G-2140. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/19). | ||||
