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Walter Rosenblum

(1919 - 2006)

D Day Rescue, Omaha Beach

June 7, 1944 (printed later)

Gelatin silver print

9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.3 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of the Rosenblum Photography Archive

2010.23

© Walter Rosenblum

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As a U.S. Army combat still and motion picuture photographer in World War II, Rosenblum documented the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. After the D-Day landing he joined an anti-tank battalion that drove through France and on to Germany and Austria. He later took the first motion picture footage of the Dachau concentration camp. Rosenblum become one of the most decorated WWII photographers, receiving the Silver Star, Bronze Star, five battle stars, a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation.

Keywords
World War II
Male
Documentary
Soldier
Black and White
Military personnel
Beach