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Robert Capa Memorial

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Details:

On the north side of the junction. Behind the stele is the Reporters Memorial, a place of memory for reporters killed since 1944.

Marker

A white headstone-style marker inscribed in French commemorating Robert Capa. He died in the Vietnam War when he stepped on a land mine. He is buried in the USA.

Source of photo: www.memorialgenweb.org 

Monument Text:

A

ROBERT CAPA

 

Photographe et co-fondateur

de l'agence Magnum Photos

 

Auteur des images légendaires

du Débarquement

 

 

(1913 - 1954)

 

 

English translation:

 

A

ROBERT CAPA

 

Photographer and co-founder

of the Magnum Photos agency

 

Author of the legendary images

of D-Day

 

 

(1913 - 1954)

Commemorates:

People:

Robert Capa

Units:

American War Correspondent

Wars:

Vietnam War

WWII