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Photo #: 80-G-31424

North Africa Invasion, November 1942


U.S. Navy ships off the Phosphate Pier at Safi, Morocco, on 10 November 1942. Beach "Red" is in the left background. Beach "Blue" is in the left center, with the harbor in the center and the town of Safi at right.
Ships present are (from left to right center): USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), USS Calvert (AP-65), USS Harris (AP-8), USS Lyon (AP-71) and USS Housatonic (AO-35).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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3 February 2004