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D-Day Trivia - jim armstroong - 09-29-2006
D-Day, 6 June 1944 - Normandy - France
At 6:31 a.m. Robert Capa landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach.
He captured 'bloody Omaha' in what turned out to be a world famous photo sequence.
His three rolls of film were rushed to London for processing. There a darkroom technician, eager for glimpses of the landing, dried the film too fast. The excessive heat melted the emulsion and ruined all but 10 frames.
(Note- Another Army FUBAR Incident)
Sgtleo 
D-Day Trivia - Dogdaddy - 09-29-2006
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall hearing about another Snafu...this time with combat camera film of D-Day which was dropped over the side of an LST. That's why the only footage that exists today is the familiar scene of 4 guys running up onto the beach and two of them falling, wounded or killed.
Jim, 
,DD
D-Day Trivia - Walt's Daughter - 09-29-2006
http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html
Read all about it here gentleman. One of many FUBAR incidents during the war. Can you imagine the images? 