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title: Deliver for "D" Day!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/deliver-for-d-day-navy-1944/
description: Photograph of a landing ship with its bow doors open and troops walking ashore past a tank on a rocky beach, under a yellow panel quoting Rear Admiral Alan
section: Collection
---

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# Deliver for "D" Day!

Photograph of a landing ship with its bow doors open and troops walking ashore past a tank on a rocky beach, under a yellow panel quoting Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk and the headline 'Deliver for "D" Day!'. The tell for testimonial is the named naval commander's quotation used to press shipyard workers to meet delivery schedules.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[quote panel:] "THE WAR HAS NOW REACHED
THE STAGE OF CONTINUOUS
AMPHIBIOUS OFFENSIVES."
Rear Admiral ALAN G. KIRK, U.S.N.
COMMANDER, U. S. NAVAL TASK FORCE, EUROPEAN THEATER

DELIVER FOR "D" DAY!

OFFICIAL NAVY POSTER   NAVSHIPS 6
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 -O- 502884
Additional copies can be obtained from Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, Washington 17, D. C.
```

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