Historic Documents

Documents, including copies, reproductions and scans of documents, reports, articles, publications, etc., detailing the U.S. Coast Guard and its five predecessor agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service from the Coast Guard Archives and Special Collections, Coast Guard, and National Archives.

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1944 "Jaws of Death" Normandy D-Day Photo Details -- Robert Sargent

Article covering the details of Coast Guard Combat Photographer Robert Sargent's activities while photographing the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 along Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, including his famous "Jaws of Death" image. Original typescript copy held by the National Archives. -RG-26; HI-NLD-85; MLR A1 97; Box 15

VIRIN: 1944_JAWSOFDEATH_CAPTION_INFO.PDF
Photo by: USCG Historian's Office

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