Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Master Sergeant Wallace B. "Jack" Jackson, American, born 1915  Search this

Received by:

Hattye T. Yarbrough, American  Search this

Medium:

brass (alloy) and cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in., 1 lb. (20.3 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm, 0.5 kg)

Type:

souvenirs

Place collected:

France, Normandy, Europe

Date:

1944

Description:

One brass shell casing (2012.8.2.5a) stored in a cardboard tube (2012.8.2.5b). The casing has an imprint on the headstamp: [P / unidentified mark / G / 190]. 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.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hattye Thomas Yarbrough

Object number:

2012.8.2.5ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Weapons and Ammunition

Exhibition:

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53662ab40-ec79-42c0-a05b-cb96ad5e090e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.8.2.5ab