Robert F. Sargent
D-Day — Soldiers Arriving at Normandy Beach

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Artist Robert F. Sargent(American, 1923–1969, active 1940s)American, 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)

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

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Photokunst, Friday Harbor, Washington]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
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."

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