Robert F. Sargent

Taxis to Hell – and back – Into the Jaws of Death, photographed by Sargent at Omaha Beach during D-Day, June 6, 1944

Robert F. Sargent (1923–2012)[1] was a United States Coast Guard chief petty officer.

He was from Summit, New Jersey[2].

A photographer's mate, he is best known for a photograph he took of troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach from a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft (from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase) on D-Day.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Taxis to hell - and back". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Winship, Thomas. "ABOARD THE COAST GUARD-ASSAULT TRANSPORT U.S.S. SAMUEL CHASE, OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Goldberg, Vicki (August 27, 1999). "Photography Review; An American Century, Through the Government's Lens". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  4. ^ Lucas, Dean (September 12, 2010). "Greatest Generation D-day landing". Famous Pictures. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "U.S. Coast Guard at Normandy". U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved May 31, 2019.