Title from caption on object: “Army Troops Land on ‘Omaha’ Beach during the Initial Landings...”

June 6, 1944

Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard

Associated Names
Robert F. Sargent

Artist, American, 1923 - 2012

U.S. Coast Guard

Artist

The image shows a landing craft opening towards a shoreline. Heavily equipped individuals are disembarking from the vessel and wading through shallow water towards a beach. The view is from inside the landing craft, with its sides framing the scene. The ocean appears with waves crashing around the figures, and the background displays a distant coastline under a cloudy sky. The photograph conveys movement, anticipation, and the open space between the sea and land.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.335

More About this Artwork

Article:  From World War I to Afghanistan: Our Servicepeople in Photographs

See how photographers have honored and documented service people across time.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top left printed in black ink on applied sticker: GA-WR-177; top center: D-DAY; top right stamped in red ink: THE SEATTLE TIMES LIBRARY; center printed in black ink on applied sticker: NORMANDY INVASION, [underlined] JUNE 1944 / ARMY TROOPS LAND ON "OMAHA" BEACH DURING THE / INITIAL LANDINGS THERE, 6 JUNE 1944. THEY / WERE BROUGHT ASHORE BY A COAST GUARD MANNED LCVP. / 26-G-2343

You may be interested in

Loading Results