Title

Pack of bandages from D-Day 1944. Creator: Paul Hartmann AG.

Caption

One package of bandages made by a German manufacturer, Paul Hartmann AG, in 1943 with instructions for use on the back. The following inscription was added in black marker: "D-DAY June 6, 44". This package of bandages was retrieved from a Normandy beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Master Sergeant Wallace B. Jackson of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and sent to Hattye T. Yarbrough, an educator, wife of a veteran and archivist of Black history.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_078

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,1Mb (2,9Mb) / 21,7in x 11,8in / 6504 x 3550 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people black medicine German country science museum color souvenir military war location century concept bandage bandages memento African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Colour World War II World War two WWII world war 2 D-Day 20th century military operation heritage American America USA decade Second World War WW2 Operation Overlord object Normandy Landings united states 2nd World War cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art souvenirs Paul Hartmann AG Hartmann Paul AG Hattye Thomas Yarbrough Yarbrough Hattye Thomas Hattye T. Yarbrough Hattye T.