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title: Liberty ships are there!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/liberty-ships-are-there-maritime-commission-1944/
description: Sheet laid out as an official telegram under the headline 'Liberty ships are there!', with a beachhead photograph whose black arrows point to ships
section: Collection
---

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# Liberty ships are there!

Sheet laid out as an official telegram under the headline 'Liberty ships are there!', with a beachhead photograph whose black arrows point to ships offshore. The tell is the reported cable from London and the chairman's signature, which put eyewitness and official voices behind the ask to keep up war work.

## 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

```
LIBERTY SHIPS ARE THERE!

STANDARD FORM NO. 14
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
MARCH 10, 1926

FROM U. S. MARITIME COMMISSION
BUREAU OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CHG. APPROPRIATION

TELEGRAM
OFFICIAL BUSINESS ---- GOVERNMENT RATES

XA 723 19 WASHINGTON D C 14

THE FOLLOWING CABLE FROM LONDON TELLS A STORY OF DIRECT INTEREST TO EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHOSE WAR JOB IS CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION OF OUR AMERICAN MERCHANT FLEET:-

WA 151 JB52 P49 86 435P 14 VIA CIAL
WSA PRESS CORPS WASHINGTON DC

HUNDREDS AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIPS FORM BACKBONE SUPPLY LINES TO BEACHHEADS. FIRST SUPPLY CONVOY NORMANDY COAST ALL LIBERTIES. SOME ENGLISH PORTS PACKED WITH THEM. CHANNEL HAS BECOME LIBERTY SHIP LANE. EVERY U. S. SHIPYARD REPRESENTED IN UNENDING PROCESSION. SUPPLY SHIPS MANNED BY U. S. MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND MEN CARRYING TROOPS AND MATERIEL. SEAMEN, SOLDIERS, STEVEDORES, NAVY LANDING BARGE CREWS WORKING IN TEAMS UNLOADING. WSA PLAYED IMPORTANT BUT SILENT PART IN PREINVASION PREPARATIONS.

signed - DONOGHUE - WSA

OUR FIGHTERS CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH AT THE BEACHHEADS. LET'S KEEP GIVING THEM ALL WE'VE GOT!

E. S. LAND
CHAIRMAN - U. S. MARITIME COMMISSION

[handwritten:] Maritime
[imprint:] H-0258
```

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