File:Omaha Beach wounded soldiers, 1944-06-06 P012901.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (3,201 × 2,480 pixels, file size: 3.28 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who stormed Omaha Beach. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.

Original description

Description from "Division Matrix 1st Infantry Division Images" / U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY:

SC 189910-S American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who stormed Omaha Beach, and although wounded, gained the comparative safety offered by the chalk cliff at their backs. Food and cigarettes were available to lend comfort to the men at Collville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France. 6/6/44.

Description from ARC catalog (ARC Identifier: 531187, Local Identifier: 111-SC-189910, NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-SC-189910):

American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for further medical treatment. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 06/06/1944.

Description from "Normandy Invasion, June 1944", Overview and Special Image Selection, history.navy.mil website :

wounded men of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, receive cigarettes and food after they had stormed "Omaha" beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.

Description from Archives Normandie 1939-45 (ID p012901):

Bataille de Normandie : été 1944 : Jeunes blessés américains.
Date
Source Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives USA. Page, Pic
Author Taylor, Photographer (Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.)
Other versions
  • jpg archives
    jpg archives
  • history.navy.mil, higher resolution
    history.navy.mil, higher resolution
  • gif archives.gov (uncropped)
    gif archives.gov (uncropped)

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain This picture is from the site Archives Normandie 1939-45 where it is available under reference identifier p012901

The pictures that are credited to the National Archives USA or the National Archives Canada and which are tagged "libres de droits" are in the public domain.

See conditions d'utilisation.

.
Public domain
This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ lietuvių ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ српски / srpski ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:01, 1 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:01, 1 April 20103,201 × 2,480 (3.28 MB)Trycatch (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=[http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=531187 Description from ARC catalog] : American assault troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment, injured while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the Chalk Cliffs for eva

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Omaha_Beach_wounded_soldiers,_1944-06-06_P012901.jpg&oldid=911898869"