General Eisenhower and his son, Washington, D.C., 29 June 1945

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Photograph. General Dwight D. Eisenhower looks up at his son and smiles while his son, a soldier, reciprocates. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/29/45—Eisenhower and son--General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, smiles at his son, Lieut. John Sheldon Eisenhower, as they leave a banquet given in General Eisenhower's honor by President Harry S. Truman in Washington, June 18. Earlier that day, on his arrival from Europe, Eisenhower told Congress that the American soldier 'passionately believes' that 'the problems of peace can and must be met' through the same Allied unity and determination which crushed Germany."--Acme Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by the appropriate military authority—(List A Out) 6934."”Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 29 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.062
Date: 
06/29/1945
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Generals--American--District of Columbia
Families--American--District of Columbia
Military uniforms--American--District of Columbia
Military officers--American--District of Columbia
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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: 
District of Columbia
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
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Generals--American--District of Columbia
Families--American--District of Columbia
Military uniforms--American--District of Columbia
Military officers--American--District of Columbia