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Guest Post 30: Charles Herrick on Capa’s D-Day (o)

It is clear that the legend of a duffel bag full of D-Day still and motion-picture film “dropped overboard” is a fable. There is absolutely no evidence to substantiate it, and much to disprove it. […]

Guest Post 27: Charles Herrick on Capa’s D-Day (i)

The credibility of Wiliam Kays’s 2010 account falls apart under close examination. While much of his book is based on contemporary letters to his family, the bulk of the text consists of reminiscences, which are subject to the same memory issues as other personal histories recorded decades after the fact. […]