Original caption: "Subject: FRANCE * TOULON * Rooks [;] Rooks at city limits of Toulon the day before the city feel [sic]. Succeeded after three days try to get to city limits. Shell fire prevented previous entry. Date: August 27, 1944." OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO Coast Guard Combat Photographer Dale Rooks outside of Toulon. He was assigned aboard CGC DUANE and participated in Operation Dragoon. Photo donated by his son Jan.