Walter Rosenblum
Americans Rescued from French Surf, D-Day

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Americans Rescued from French Surf, D-Day
  • D-Day Rescue on Omaha Beach, Normandy France
DateJune 6, 1944
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsSheet (.A left): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet (.B right): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Staff Sergeant Charles Denbo (Second Ranger Battalion, Easy Company), who was critically wounded, left for dead, and then rescued from Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944
Object number2007.1596.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Typed paper label on verso of each sheet - (see photocopy in Accession File):
"C997457-WATCH YOUR CREDIT - INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS / SLUG(RESCUE COMBO) / AMERICANS RESCUED FROM FRENCH SURF / FRANCE..., WHEN THE LANDING CRAFT IN WHICH THEY WERE HEADING FOR FRANCE'S BEACHES WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY / THE GERMANS, THE SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED BY THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ALREADY ON THE BEACHES. IN UPPER PHOTO THE U.S. SOLDIERS WAIST DEEP IN THE WATER MAN A LIFELINE RIGGED FROM THE ... ? LANDING CRAFT TO THE SHORE ON THE NORTH / COAST OF FRANCE ... (torn and partially missing)"

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