Pack of bandages from D-Day 1944
- Medium
- ink on gauze and butcher paper
- Genre
- Souvenirs
Styles
Tags
militaryWorld War, 1939-1945WW IImedicine
About
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 and wife of a veteran.