Robert F. Sargent

Robert F. Sargent
Sargent (left) presenting a photo to fellow Coast Guardsman Clyde Wilson.
Born1923
Died2012
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Coast Guard
RankChief Photographers Mate
Known forPhotographing Taxis to Hell – and back – Into the Jaws of Death
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.[2] He was from Summit, New Jersey.[3]

A photographers 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.[2][4][5]

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