Bugle Played on Utah Beach, D-Day
![One military-issued service bugle. Brass or copper alloy body painted gray. The body has a double twist shape and a white metal mouthpiece. The bell is stamped “BUGLECRAFT INC./L.I. City, N.Y./U.S.” One military-issued service bugle. Brass or copper alloy body painted gray. The body has a double twist shape and a white metal mouthpiece. The bell is stamped “BUGLECRAFT INC./L.I. City, N.Y./U.S.”](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/personal-equipment/musical-instruments/bugle_utah_beach/_jcr_content/body/media_asset/image.img.jpg/1585078717762.jpg)
Title: Bugle, Utah Beach
Accession #: NHHC 1964-357-A
Circa: 1944
Size:
Medium: Brass
Location: Headquarters Artifact Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command
One military-issued service bugle. Brass or copper alloy body painted olive drab. The body has a double twist shape and a white metal mouthpiece. The bell is stamped “BUGLECRAFT INC./L.I. City, N.Y./U.S.”
This bugle sounded colors when the American flag was first raised on Utah Beach during the D-Day landings. RADM James E. Arnold, the Naval Officer in Charge of Utah Beach (NOIC), reported that the raising of the flag “was a combined celebration of mine and Brigadier General Jim Wharton. The affair was not too well attended because Jerry [the Germans] was still mad and furnished some fireworks for the occasion!”
![Brass bugle dent played on Utah Beach at D-Day Brass bugle dent played on Utah Beach at D-Day](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/personal-equipment/musical-instruments/bugle_utah_beach/_jcr_content/body/media_asset_720499749/image.img.jpg/1585078641631.jpg)
![One military-issued service bugle. Brass or copper alloy body painted gray. The body has a double twist shape and a white metal mouthpiece. The bell is stamped “BUGLECRAFT INC./L.I. City, N.Y./U.S.” One military-issued service bugle. Brass or copper alloy body painted gray. The body has a double twist shape and a white metal mouthpiece. The bell is stamped “BUGLECRAFT INC./L.I. City, N.Y./U.S.”](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/artifacts/uniforms-and-personal-equipment/personal-equipment/musical-instruments/bugle_utah_beach/_jcr_content/body/media_asset_888044518/image.img.jpg/1585078680490.jpg)