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On D-Day, #OTD 1944, Robert Sargent took this iconic photo of US troops of Company E/16th Infantry wading toward Omaha Beach, Normandy. Imagine what they felt. On landing, they faced fierce resistance. Two-thirds of them became casualties. Sargent himself survived and lived to 89

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Viola Tricolor @kaffeehaus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 08:13 UTC

I always shudder when I see this photo, we know what'll happen soon afterwards. The amount of courage this took, incredible.

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