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Current FP
ReplacementTaxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death, by Robert F. Sargent, CPhoM, USCG
original caption: "American invaders spring from the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned landing barge to wade those last perilous yards to the beach of Normandy. Enemy fire will cut some of them down. Their 'taxi' will pull itself off the sands and dash back to a Coast Guard manned transport for more passengers."
Reason
Current FP is a damaged image, not used anymore, has been replaced by proposed FP replacement. I perfer the enhancements (dodging & burning) of the proposed replacement's print over the very bright current version. Iconic famous photograph, high resolution, well made print. Has an article about this specific picture. Was nominated before (Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Into the Jaws of Death) and a lighter damaged print exists (File:1944 NormandyLST.jpg). I think of the two versions (ignoring the damage in the second one) the darker dodging and more selecting burning of this print is more dramatic, and is the widely used of the two now. Image was used on the May 28, 1984 Time Cover. A restored high resolution scan of this version.
Articles in which this image appears
Into the Jaws of Death, 1st Infantry Division (United States), 1944 in the United States, Allies of World War II, Amphibious warfare, History of the United States, Invasion of Normandy, Michael J. Daly, Normandy landings, Omaha Beach, Photojournalism, Robert F. Sargent, Timeline of World War II (1944), USS Samuel Chase (APA-26).
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent

Replaced with File:Into the Jaws of Death 23-0455M edit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]