D-Day - Injured American soldier
An injured American soldier, his hair matted with blood, sweat and sand, has his hand bandaged by an American medical officer. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an amphibious assault by infantry. The Normandy landings were the largest single-day amphibious actions ever undertaken, involving close to 400, 000 military and naval personnel
Picture No
10282384
Media ID
47863338
Size
5423px x 4100px
(2.8MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
8th June 1944
