Robert F. Sargent

Photographer

Birthday August 26, 1923

Birth Sign Virgo

DEATH DATE 2012-5-8, (88 years old)

Nationality United States

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1923

Robert F. Sargent (August 26, 1923 – May 8, 2012) was a United States Coast Guard chief petty officer.

2016

A photographer's mate, he is best known for Into the Jaws of Death, a photograph he took of troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach from a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft (from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)) on D-Day.