Into the Jaws of Death

Taxis to Hell – and back, by Robert F. Sargent, CPhoM, USCG.
Original caption: "Into the Jaws of Death
American invaders spring from the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned landing barge to wade those last perilous yards to the beach of Normandy. Enemy fire will cut some of them down. Their 'taxi' will pull itself off the sands and dash back to a Coast Guard manned transport for more passengers."[1][2]

Taxis to Hell – and back – Into the Jaws of Death is a photograph taken on June 6, 1944, by Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographer's mate in the United States Coast Guard. It depicts soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division disembarking from an LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-crewed USS Samuel Chase at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings in World War II.[3]

  1. ^ "Taxis to hell - and back". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ Horne, Madison. "The Pictures that Defined World War II". History. A&E Networks. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Price, Scott T. "U.S. Coast Guard at Normandy". U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 3 January 2012.