Name/Title
Wounded Rangers Battleship TexasEntry/Object ID
2021.1002.8Tags
Casemate 3, D-Day, Rangers, WoundedDescription
Houston Chronical copy of a Navy photo of wounded Rangers inside Casemate 3 on Battleship Texas. At left is sailor standing with a cigarette. To his right is a Ranger sitting in a chair with his legs crossed (center of picture). At right is sailor sitting wearing a pair of sound powered headphones and an wounded Ranger on a cot looking at the camera. In the background, peacoats are hanging on a rod against the outboard bulkhead of the ship.
On the back of the image, handwritten is "USS Texas / (battleship)" , "1966", "9", and "Wounded US Rangers from the Nomand beaches - in battle - / dressing station aboard USS Texas, 7 June 1944." which is circled. Stamped ink is "SUN NOV 61966" and "RETURN TO: CHRONICLE FILES". At bottom is a photo caption from a newspaper glued to the back of the photo -the caption refers to captured German and Italian soldiers who were housed on the Battleship Texas as POWs at D-Day. Below that, is stamp crediting the Navy Department and giving the National Archives photo number as 80-G352918,Context
Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Overlord,” the invasion of Northern France, on April 22, 1944. She departed Belfast for Normandy on June 3, supported the landings from June 6 to June 16, and returned to England on June 18, 1944.Collection
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
