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WWII: Operation Overlord and D-Day

Survive First, Shoot Later

Survive First, Shoot Later

This Robert Capa photograph, of an American G.I. crawling through the surf toward a safer location from which to fire while bullets scream past, is considered one of the definitive images of D-Day. Capa took 106 pictures on D-Day but a LIFE photo technician in London ruined all but 10 of them. See more about this photo, and the soldier pictured -- an American named Hugh Riley -- on MSNBC.com.

Photo: ROBERT CAPA © 2001 By Cornell Capa/Magnum

Jun 02, 2009
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