Shell casing from Normandy Beaches, D-Day 1944
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Master Sergeant Wallace B. "Jack" Jackson, American, born 1915
label: Received by
content: Hattye T. Yarbrough, American
notes: label: Description
content: One brass shell casing (2012.8.2.4a) stored in a cardboard tube (2012.8.2.4b). The casing has an imprint on the headstamp: [P / unidentified mark / unidentified mark / 20]. The tube has the inscription: "Shell casing from D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944/From: M.Sgt. Wallace B. Jackson/To: Hattye M. Thomas (Yarbrough)" written in blue ink. This shell casing 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.
place: label: Place collected
content: France, Normandy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hattye Thomas Yarbrough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.8.2.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: souvenirs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brass (alloy) and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/2 x 1 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)