D-Day
June 6, 1944
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D-Day In Pictures
It was just after dawn on June 6, 1944.
Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographer's mate in the US Coast Guard, was aboard one of the many Higgins boats heading toward the shores of Normandy, France, at the start of the D-Day invasion. With him were soldiers from the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, cold and soaked from the choppy waters.
Sargent stayed on the boat, which returned to the USS Samuel Chase to bring more waves of troops to the shore. He carried his film in a metal milk can to keep it safe.
"The coast of France this morning was certainly no photographer's party," he told Winship. Sargent died in 2012.
Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographer's mate in the US Coast Guard, was aboard one of the many Higgins boats heading toward the shores of Normandy, France, at the start of the D-Day invasion. With him were soldiers from the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, cold and soaked from the choppy waters.
Sargent stayed on the boat, which returned to the USS Samuel Chase to bring more waves of troops to the shore. He carried his film in a metal milk can to keep it safe.
"The coast of France this morning was certainly no photographer's party," he told Winship. Sargent died in 2012.