American civilians celebrating news of the unconditional surrender of Japan, United States, September 1945
Description:
Photograph. Cheering crowd of American civilians celebrating news of the unconditional surrender of Japan with flags, tickertape, and confetti. Official Caption: [most of original caption missing] ". . .flags and toss. . . Japan's Unconditional. . . A. P. Photo." United States. September 1945
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1945-09-
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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:
United States
Latitude:
38.000
Longitude:
-98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Celebrations--United States
Flags--American
Ticker tape
Crowds--United States