Sujet

Rock from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944, June 6, 1944. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

This stone was collected by an American soldier during the D-Day landings in northern France during World War II, and sent to African-American teacher and historian Hattye Thomas Yarbrough. Small circular black-flecked white rock with the inscription: [D-DAY / JUNE 6, / 44] written in black marker. This rock was retrieved from a Normandy beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Master Sergeant Wallace B. Jackson of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and sent to Hattye T. Yarbrough, an educator, wife of a veteran and archivist of Black history.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_188

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

8,0Mo (273,8Ko) / 14,7cm x 13,7cm / 1738 x 1616 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black beach stone country France pebble museum color souvenir military war location century Normandy concept memento African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Colour World War II World War two WWII world war 2 D-Day 20th century military operation heritage American America USA decade Second World War TGN WW2 Operation Overlord object Normandy Landings united states 2nd World War Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art souvenirs Hattye Thomas Yarbrough Yarbrough Hattye Thomas Hattye T. Yarbrough Hattye T.