Title from caption on object: “Wounded GIs on Omaha Beach”

June 8, 1944

Richard A. Taylor

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Richard A. Taylor

Artist, American, 1907 - 2002

The black and white image displays a group of individuals sitting closely together. The central figure visible from the waist up is a young male with short, curly hair, and marked facial features with multiple dirt smudges or injuries. He is wearing a military-style jacket and is surrounded by other individuals who appear to be in similar attire. Some of these individuals have bandages wrapped around their heads or hands, indicating injuries, and they are all seated against a rocky wall background. The setting appears somber with a rough, stone surface behind them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.3 × 23.7 cm (7 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.7 × 25.6 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.340

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: War [circled] World War II / France- D-Day / Casualties; center left stamped in black ink perpendicular: MAY 26 1945; center left stamped in red ink: DAILY NEWS / JUN 12 1964; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Wounded GIs on Omaha Beach. "The / Germans had their 352d Division at / Omaha, an active outfit and a very / good one," says Gen. Eisenhower. "Our / intelligence people finally confirmed its / presence, but only at the last minute-- / too late (for us) to tell our people going / in there, 'Maybe you ought to go in / elsewhere.' So they went right in and / had a terrible fight."