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title: Deliver for "D" Day!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/deliver-for-d-day-navy-navships-5-1944/
description: Photograph of troops climbing down a cargo net into landing craft crowded with helmeted soldiers, under a yellow panel quoting Vice Admiral R. K. Turner
section: Collection
---

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# Deliver for "D" Day!

Photograph of troops climbing down a cargo net into landing craft crowded with helmeted soldiers, under a yellow panel quoting Vice Admiral R. K. Turner and the headline 'Deliver for "D" Day!'. The tell for testimonial is the named naval commander's quotation used to press war-production 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

```
"TROOPS ARE ONLY GOOD WHEN
PUT ASHORE.  IT'S OUR JOB TO
PUT THEM THERE AND WE WILL."
Vice Admiral R. K. TURNER, U.S.N.
COMMANDER, U. S. NAVAL TASK FORCE, PACIFIC THEATER

DELIVER FOR "D" DAY!

OFFICIAL NAVY POSTER   NAVSHIPS 5
[handwritten catalogue note:] classify - Navy incentive production - photo -
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 -O- 582884
Additional copies can be obtained from Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, Washington 17, D. C.
```

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