Pack of bandages from D-Day 1944
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Paul Hartmann AG, German, founded 1818
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 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.
place: label: Place collected
content: France, Normandy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: 2012.8.2.6
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: ink on gauze and butcher paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7.6 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm)