France Will Never Forget

Accession number:
2014.02

Maker:
N/A

Historical period:
2007

Miltary branch:
,

Wars and Conflicts:

Type:

Dimensions:
H x W: 20 in. / 30 in.

Acquisition date:
2014

Credit line:
Gift of Albert H. Small

Location:
,

Provenance:

From 2 October 2014: The Army and Navy Club, gift of Albert H. Small, WWII Navy Veteran

Label:

An aerial view from June 30, 2007 of Omaha Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, where 3,000 people form a message, “France Will Never Forget,” below the U.S. military cemetery. Omaha Beach was the scene of the bloodiest of the WWII D-Day landings that began on June 6, 1944. This event took place on the 63rd anniversary of D-Day.

This photograph was a gift from Club member Albert H. Small, a World War II Navy Veteran. Small established the Albert H. Small Normandy Institute, which sponsors selected student-teacher teams for intensive study programs about the D-Day Campaign, including travels to France and historic battlefield tours. The projects culminate with each team producing a biography of a soldier that gave his life during the Normandy invasion, to be deposited in the Archive of the Normandy American Cemetery.