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Robert F. Sargent: Into the Jaws of Death

Artist

Robert F. Sargent (1923–2012)
Description	American photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death	26 August 1923	8 May 2012
Location of birth/death	Exeter	Exeter
Authority file	: Q3486610

Title

Photograph of the Normandy Invasion

Part of

Records of the U.S. Coast Guard (NAID 355)

Object type

photograph

Genre

war photography

Description

English: An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing, two thirds of the Company E became casualties.

Français : Un LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle & Personnel : barge de débarquement de véhicules et de personnel) provenant de l’USS Samuel Chase piloté par l’US Coast Guard (corps des garde-côtes des États-Unis), débarque des troupes de la compagnie E du 16^erégiment d’infantrie de la 1^re division d’infanterie américaine (“Big Red One”), dans la matinée du 6 juin 1944 (le “D Day”, ou « Jour J », durant l’Opération Neptune) à Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) dans le secteur Fox Green. Ces soldats affrontèrent la nouvellement formée 352^e division d’infanterie de l’armée allemande. Durant le débarquement initial de cette compagnie, les deux tiers des soldats de la compagnie E furent perdus.

Македонски: Десантно пловило на бродот „Семјуел Чејс“ на Крајбрежната стража на САД како ја истоварува Четата Е на XVI пешадиски полк во походот наречен „Омаха Бич“ на 6 јуни 1944. По истоварувањето, четата се соочува со силната одбрана на новоформираната германска CCCLII дивизија, при што загинуваат две третини од војниците на четата.

Date

6 June 1944

Collection

National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
	Website	www.archives.gov
	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

Accession number

War and Conflict Number 1041 (National Archives and Records Administration)

Place of creation

France

Authority file

: Q1637209
NAID: 513173

Source/Photographer

http://narademo.umiacs.umd.edu/cgi-bin/isadg/viewobject.pl?object=10623

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This image or file is a work of a United States Coast Guard service personnel or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105, USCG main privacy policy and specific privacy policy for its imagery server).

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