Sea Scout Skipper with submachine gun
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- 1941
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Wearing his uniform, Edward S. Crego, Skipper of the Manitowoc Sea Scouts, aims a Thompson submachine gun in a demonstration for five scouts who stand in the distance behind him. Sea Scouts were a department of the Boy Scouts of America, geared to older boys aged 14 to 21. Their activities centered around sea lore, sailing, and community service. Local units were called "ships." Crego had organized the Manitowoc "ship," called the "SSS Constitution," in 1941. During the World War II years, the Manitowoc Sea Scouts served as auxiliary policemen, worked in Civilian Defense programs, assisted with scrap drives, helped with crowd control at submarine launchings, and performed many other war-related volunteer services. This submachine gun demonstration appears to have been part of a training session on different types of firearms, probably conducted for their role as auxiliary police.
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Manitowoc (Wis.). Police Department () et al
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Civil defense
Domestic life
Sea Scouts
Community service
Firearms
Manitowoc County (Wis.)
Manitowoc (Wis.) - Type
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- Manitowoc (Wis.). Police Department () et al. Sea Scout Skipper with submachine gun. 1941. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/NESWRG5XBD4CI9E. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Manitowoc (Wis.). Police Department () et al, (1941) Sea Scout Skipper with submachine gun. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/NESWRG5XBD4CI9E
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- Manitowoc (Wis.). Police Department () et al. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/NESWRG5XBD4CI9E>.