国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 7月19日 05時21分
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, this flag flew from LCC 60 as it helped shepherd soldiers and equipment ashore.
The edge of the flag is tattered and worn from the ocean winds from its use on D-Day and again in a later invasion of Southern France, Operation Dragoon. A circular hole found in the blue field is believed to have been made by an enemy machine gun bullet off Utah Beach. Swipe to take a closer look.
Today, the flag has returned to the United States and is joining the museum’s collection. The flag is schedule to go on display at the museum Friday July 26. Click the link in our bio to discover its story.
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elizabethdreilly
Amazing! Adding this as a must see for my family’s upcoming visit! I can’t wait for my kids to see this and hope it helps them realize further the bravery of that generation. I wish their Great Grandfathers were still around to see this flag return home! They would have loved it!❤️
joanne5307
I watched the flag handover on television and the art collector, Bert Kreuk gave the most beautiful speach about the flag representing the liberation effort the Americans made to save them from Nazi rule. What a lovely man and such sincere sentiments.
bonnohuysmans
It has been in the private collection of a Dutch businessman. He bought this flag at an auction. And he wanted to return it where it belongs...the USA.
joachim__1993
Not a single word about the dutch art collector who paid 450k on an auction to get this flag back where it belongs? Shame.
stefiemd
These men made America Great and safeguarded others by their sacrifices to the comment when was America Great
marguerite.maison
To think these colors were the last bit of America some of our brave soldiers ever saw. God bless them all.
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