The triumph and tragedy of D-Day, in black and white

[The Patriot]

The triumph and tragedy of D-Day, in black and white

06-06-2020 07:30 AM

The American soldier kneels in the grass, bent over the empty white body bag, inscribing the name of the dead GI who will shortly be placed inside. The small moment amid the vast World War II invasion of Nazi-occupied France was captured by an anonymous Navy photographer with Combat Photography Unit 8.


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