- On View
- Military History Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Received by
- Yarbrough, Hattye T., American
- Date
- June 6, 1944
- Medium
- ink on rock
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)
- Description
- Small brown-red rock with the inscription: [D-DAY / JUNE 6, 44] written in black marker. This rock 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.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- souvenirs
- Topic
- Military
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hattye Thomas Yarbrough
- Object number
- 2012.8.2.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




