[Chaplain Matthew H. Meighan, N.Y.C., giving a sermon during the Catholic mission conducted by HQ. SOS Etousa at an infantry division. This was the first mission held at an A.E.F. Unit in the ETO. St. Michael's Church, Tidworth, England.]
Photograph
[Chaplain Matthew H. Meighan, N.Y.C., giving a sermon during the Catholic mission conducted by HQ. SOS Etousa at an infantry division. This was the first mission held at an A.E.F. Unit in the ETO. St. Michael's Church, Tidworth, England.]
September 17, 1943
Gelatin silver print
4 × 5 in. (10.1 × 12.4 cm)
Gift of Peter, Nancy, and Stephen Freeman in memory of their father, Mark A. Freeman
Inscriptions IInscribed on negative recto BLC: ETO-HQ-43-6807
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 174
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 9
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-43-6807 LT FREEMAN 17 SEPT 43 \ CHAPLAIN MATTHEW H. MEIGHAN, N.Y.C., \ GIVING A SERMON DURING THE CATHOLIC \ MISSION CONDUCTED BY HQ.SOS ETOUSA \ AT AN INFANTRY DIVISION. THIS WAS THE [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ FIRST MISSION HELD AT A.E.F. UNIT IN THE ETO. \ ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, TID WORTH, ENGLAND [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil]
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in black ink on verso Tr: [all within an oval border] REVIEWED & PASSED AS CENSORED \ UNITED STATES ARMY \ 23 SEP 1943 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.**
Inscribed in pencil on verso in stamp TR: CE McL [initials]
Stamped in black ink on verso TLC: 174
Inscribed in black ink on verso TRC: 9
Printed in blue ink on verso LC: ETO-HQ-43-6807 LT FREEMAN 17 SEPT 43 \ CHAPLAIN MATTHEW H. MEIGHAN, N.Y.C., \ GIVING A SERMON DURING THE CATHOLIC \ MISSION CONDUCTED BY HQ.SOS ETOUSA \ AT AN INFANTRY DIVISION. THIS WAS THE [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil] \ FIRST MISSION HELD AT A.E.F. UNIT IN THE ETO. \ ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, TID WORTH, ENGLAND [line partially redacted and edited with blue grease pencil]
Stamped in red ink on verso BC: CONFIDENTIAL \ until reclassified by censor.
Stamped in black ink on verso Tr: [all within an oval border] REVIEWED & PASSED AS CENSORED \ UNITED STATES ARMY \ 23 SEP 1943 ....... \ PRESS CENSOR \ ** E.T.O.U.S.A.**
Inscribed in pencil on verso in stamp TR: CE McL [initials]
