American soldiers get out of the water on Omaha Beach under Nazi shelling

American soldiers get out of the water on Omaha Beach under Nazi shelling

Mar 23, 2019 #US Army
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The invasion of Normandy: American soldiers from the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division run out of the water on Omaha Beach under Nazi shelling. D-day.
The photojournalist for Life magazine Robert Kapa boarded the Omaha Beach along with the first Marines landed here under the heavy fire of the German coastal defense. Caught under fire, Kapa was forced to dive under the water with the camera in order not to fall into the sight of the German machine-gunners. He miraculously did not die.



Location: Normandy, France
Photo date: 06 June 1944
Author photo: Robert Capa

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