H x W x D: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)
Type:
souvenirs
Place collected:
France, Normandy, Europe
Date:
June 6, 1944
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.