Twilight, Invasion Day
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Photograph
U.S. Navy
Maker
Twilight, Invasion Day
October 27, 1943
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.4 x 23.9 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Paper: 20.7 x 25.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0009
Inscriptions verso (stamped in red): HOLD FOR RELEASE
(typed in blue): File No: AM-PAC-42-30356 HOLD FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, / October 27, 1943 / TWLIGHT [sic, crossed out and corrected to the right spelling in pencil], INVASION DAY----Rays of the setting sun from an aureole as they stream / through the clouds in the sky over French Morocco on the evening of the day / Allied forces invaded North Africa. Dark in the gathering gloom, planes of a / U. S. aircraft carrier seem to rest beneath their wings on the flight deck of / their ship / WATCH YOUR CREDIT / No objection to reproducing or publishing / this photograph provided credit line / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH [underlined] / is used. / This photograph may be used for commercial / advertising if accompanying copy and layout are / submitted, prior to publication / to the / OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS / Review Section / Navy Department / WASHINGTON, D.C.
(typed in blue): File No: AM-PAC-42-30356 HOLD FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, / October 27, 1943 / TWLIGHT [sic, crossed out and corrected to the right spelling in pencil], INVASION DAY----Rays of the setting sun from an aureole as they stream / through the clouds in the sky over French Morocco on the evening of the day / Allied forces invaded North Africa. Dark in the gathering gloom, planes of a / U. S. aircraft carrier seem to rest beneath their wings on the flight deck of / their ship / WATCH YOUR CREDIT / No objection to reproducing or publishing / this photograph provided credit line / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH [underlined] / is used. / This photograph may be used for commercial / advertising if accompanying copy and layout are / submitted, prior to publication / to the / OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS / Review Section / Navy Department / WASHINGTON, D.C.
