Captured German trucks containing printing presses, radio equipment, and recording equipment, Italy, 1945

Description: 

Photograph. Captured German trucks containing printing presses, radio equipment, and recording equipment parked in a garage. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/25/45--German prisoners catch up with the news--For the first time in many years, German soldiers confined in a U.S. Fifth Army prisoner of war camp in north Italy get factual news of the world. Edited by members of the Psychological Warfare Branch (PWB) of AFHQ [Allied Force Headquarters], 8000 copies of the daily 'Lagerpost' are being printed and the circulation is constantly increasing. Captured German equipment and prisoner of war technicians are used to publish the news received by radio and the PWB news service. In addition to the newspaper, the prisoners also hear recordings three times a day over a public address system and the programs include news, camp orders and rules, health information and similar subjects.--Staff OWI photos--Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI full." Caption: "Captured German trucks contained printing presses, radio and recording equipment." Italy. 25 June 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.350
Date: 
06/25/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Trucks--German--Italy
Communication devices--Italy
Printing presses
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
Italia
Latitude: 
42.833
Longitude: 
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Trucks--German--Italy
Communication devices--Italy
Printing presses