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Into the Jaws of Death
is a historic photograph taken on June 6, 1944, by
Robert F. Sargent
, a chief photographer's mate in the
United States Coast Guard
. It depicts
U.S. Army
's
1st Infantry Division
soldiers disembarking from an
LCVP
(Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the
U.S. Coast Guard
-manned
USS
Samuel Chase
at
Omaha Beach
during the
Normandy Landings
in
World War II
. The photograph became one of the most commonly reproduced images of the landing.
Photograph:
Robert F. Sargent
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