First Wave Landed

USS Samuel Chase1944-06-06

The George C. Marshall Foundation
Lexington , United States

A telegram from the USS Chase regarding the first deployment of troops at Normandy. The famous image by Robert F. Sargent "Into the Jaws of Death" depicts this moment.

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Title: First Wave Landed
Creator: USS Samuel Chase
Date: 1944-06-06
Location: Normandy, France

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2nd millennium European theatre of World War II Invasion of Normandy Normandy Normandy landings Operation Overlord Western Front

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