President Truman decorating Allied Commander Eisenhower, Washington, D. C., 1945
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Photograph. U.S. President Harry Truman awarding General Dwight D. Eisenhower the Distinguished Service Medal at an outdoor ceremony while Mrs. Eisenhower looks on. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/28/45--President decorates Allied Commander--U.S. President Harry S. Truman pins the Distinguished Serviced [sic] Medal on General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower during a ceremony on the White House lawn in the U.S. Capital. At the left is Mrs. [Mamie] Eisenhower.--Acme Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (List A out) 6904." Washington, D. C. 28 June 1945
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06/28/1945
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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.
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District of Columbia
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38.833
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-77.000
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Presidents--American--District of Columbia
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Military spouses--District of Columbia