Crossed rifles in the sand
are a comrade's tribute to this American soldier who sprang ashore from a landing barge and died at the barricades of Western Europe. 1944
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Photographer / author
- National Archives
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,403 × 1,092 pixels
Public domain
Reason: public domain: US.
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