Jack Muth
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John Edward (Jack) Muth, Jr. was a member of the Stevens Irregulars
during WWII under the command of George Stevens.
During the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 at 5:15am He, with the assistance of Thomas Henry, captured the first shots of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. From the HMS Belfast. Henry steadied the camera from recoil while Jack operated the camera.
Later that day, while checking for booby traps they discovered a French flag hidden within the chimney of a bombed out railway station. The flag was hidden by station workers in 1940 so that it would not be destroyed by the German forces. This flag was draped over the ruins and a photo was captured. The first french flag flying over Normandy since the occupation began.
He later documented the atrocities at Auschwitz and Dachau, the liberation of Paris, and the capture of Hitlers bunker.
Following the war, he was assigned for follow up duties stationed in Paris. He was assigned an interpreter named Henriette Louise LeGousse. They married following the war.
Following the war, he began working for 20th Century Fox within the Movietone News division. He retired as the Vice President of Movietone News Europe.
During the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 at 5:15am He, with the assistance of Thomas Henry, captured the first shots of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. From the HMS Belfast. Henry steadied the camera from recoil while Jack operated the camera.
Later that day, while checking for booby traps they discovered a French flag hidden within the chimney of a bombed out railway station. The flag was hidden by station workers in 1940 so that it would not be destroyed by the German forces. This flag was draped over the ruins and a photo was captured. The first french flag flying over Normandy since the occupation began.
He later documented the atrocities at Auschwitz and Dachau, the liberation of Paris, and the capture of Hitlers bunker.
Following the war, he was assigned for follow up duties stationed in Paris. He was assigned an interpreter named Henriette Louise LeGousse. They married following the war.
Following the war, he began working for 20th Century Fox within the Movietone News division. He retired as the Vice President of Movietone News Europe.
