High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert F. Sargent was a Chief Photographer's Mate in the United States Coast Guard. He is best known for the image he took of troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach from a Coast Guard landing craft (from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase) on D-Day. USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) was an Arthur Middleton class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. The ship was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 107) on 31 August 1940 as a Maritime Commission type (C3-P&C) hull at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Samuel Chase was launched on 23 August 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Theresa Murray; acquired by the Navy on 5 February 1942; and commissioned USS Samuel Chase (AP-56) on 13 June 1942, Commander Roger C. Heimer, USCG, in command.

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