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retouching upper center in black ink; crop marks in corners in black ink; on verso, upper right printed in black ink on applied label perpendicular: hab 1335; center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: JUN 8 1944; lower center printed in black ink on applied red sticker on applied newspaper: 41; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / AMERICAN "DUCKS" SWIM SHOREWARD in France in the invasion land- / ings. These are amphibious craft which leave the surf and move up beaches without a pause. They are / shown inbound from landings ships offshore, piling up increasing Allied power on the beachhead. The / large black mark high on the photograph is a censor's deletion. Just what information useful to the / enemy this invasion scene contained remains a safe secret—(Wirephoto transmitted across the Atlantic by / signal corps radio).

Provenance

Anthony Fox [?]; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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