Artist
Robert F. SargentAmerican, 1923–1969, active 1940s
CultureAmerican
Titles
- D-Day — Soldiers Arriving at Normandy Beach
- The Jaws of Death
- Normandy Invasion
- Into the Jaws of Death
DateJune 6, 1944, printed 1945
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (19.4 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cindi Michel Blakely in honor of John Field Michel and his service in Europe during World War II
Object number2009.470
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
See images in TMS and Accession File for copy of the marks on verso.
Three newspaper captions attached on verso:
"D-Day, 1944 'Operation Overlord unleashed the greatest amphibious assault in history.' "
"Soldiers storming a Normandy beach on June 6, 1944. Thousands of U.S. veterans of the landing are expected to return for the 40th anniversary."
"EUROPE INVADED - Superiority on the industrial front was / a decisive factor in victory for the Allies. ... / "Operation Overlord" - the cross-Channel invasion of France."
Numerous dates stamped when image was published.
Typed caption underneath all of the other marks: "PUBLIC RELATIONS / U.S.S. CAST GUARD / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ... / LANDING DOWN THE RAMP OF A COAST GUARD LANDING BARGE YANKEE / ... / NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS PHOTO WAS RELEASED BUT IS SUB / MITTED AGAIN AS BEING PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST / ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY."
Three newspaper captions attached on verso:
"D-Day, 1944 'Operation Overlord unleashed the greatest amphibious assault in history.' "
"Soldiers storming a Normandy beach on June 6, 1944. Thousands of U.S. veterans of the landing are expected to return for the 40th anniversary."
"EUROPE INVADED - Superiority on the industrial front was / a decisive factor in victory for the Allies. ... / "Operation Overlord" - the cross-Channel invasion of France."
Numerous dates stamped when image was published.
Typed caption underneath all of the other marks: "PUBLIC RELATIONS / U.S.S. CAST GUARD / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ... / LANDING DOWN THE RAMP OF A COAST GUARD LANDING BARGE YANKEE / ... / NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS PHOTO WAS RELEASED BUT IS SUB / MITTED AGAIN AS BEING PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST / ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY."
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