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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DJU9" data-source="post: 10913286" data-attributes="member: 44472">1. American Soldier at D-Day <img src="http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/american-soldier-d-day-560x362.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Invasion of Normandy began on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). It was the  largest amphibious operation in history. Allied soldiers faced intense  fire as they attempted to reach the shoreline and gain cover. Robert  Capa is a famous Hungarian combat photographer. To escape Nazi control,  Capa moved to New York during the Second World War and became a  photographer for the Allies. He accompanied American troops during the  Invasion of Normandy and was able to capture 106 action photographs.  Capa sent his film to Life magazine in order to have it developed. After  an error occurred, Life magazine destroyed the film and only 11  pictures were salvageable. Robert Capa’s most famous photograph shows an American soldier moving  through the water and attempting to reach the shoreline of Normandy. At  the time of the picture, the men were under intense gunfire. The image  has been praised for showing the true nature of the Normandy landings.  Robert Capa remembers, “The water was cold, and the beach more than a  hundred yards away. The bullets tore holes in the water around me, and I  made for the nearest steel obstacle. A soldier got there at the same  time, and for a few minutes we shared its cover. He took the  waterproofing off his rifle and began to shoot without much aiming at  the smoke-hidden beach. The sound of his rifle gave him enough courage  to move forward. I felt a new kind of fear shaking my body from toe to  hair, and twisting my face.” Of all the photographers sent to Normandy with the Allied invasion, only  Robert Capa was able to capture pictures showing an active resistance.  Other photographers were either foiled by bad weather or landed on  beaches that faced little German opposition. This fact makes the loss of  Robert Capa’s film tragic. The U.S. soldier in the photograph was  identified as Edward Regan. Regan remembers that “there was so much  chaos and mass confusion that one was reduced to a state of almost  complete immobilization.” Interesting Fact On May 25, 1954 Robert Capa was traveling with a French regiment in  Vietnam when he left his jeep to take some photographs. While walking up  the road he stepped on a land-mine and lost his leg. Capa was quickly  rushed to a field hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival due to  massive trauma and loss of blood. He died with his camera in hand.</blockquote>

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