- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Master Sergeant Jackson, Wallace B. "Jack", American, born 1915
- Received by
- Yarbrough, Hattye T., American
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- brass (alloy) and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 1/2 x 1 x 1 in. (19.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
- Description
- One brass shell casing (2012.8.2.4a) stored in a cardboard tube (2012.8.2.4b). The casing has an imprint on the headstamp: [P / unidentified mark / unidentified mark / 20]. The tube has the inscription: "Shell casing from D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944/From: M.Sgt. Wallace B. Jackson/To: Hattye M. Thomas (Yarbrough)" written in blue ink. This shell casing 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
- Weapons and Ammunition
- 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
- 2012.8.2.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




