American General Joseph T. McNarney shaking hands with British Field Marshall Harold R.L.G. Alexander, Italy, 28 May 1945

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Photograph. American General Joseph T. McNarney shaking hands with British Field Marshall Harold R.L.G. Alexander. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/28/45--General McNarney decorated.--U.S. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney (left), Deputy Supreme Commander, Mediterranean Theater, shakes hands with Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, Supreme Commander, after receiving the British Order of Knight Commander of the Bath decoration on May 25, 1945, at Allied Forces headquarters in Italy. The citation said 'A large proportion of the credit for the successful conclusion of the Italian campaign must go to General McNarney. By his example he has insured complete cooperation between British and American troops and the various headquarters staffs, and he has played a great part in the ultimate victory in Europe'.--British Official Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI full. Approved by appropriate military authority. 6429."”Italy.28 May 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.090
Date: 
05/28/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--American--Italy
Shaking hands--Italy
Officers--British--Italy
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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: 
Generals--American--Italy
Shaking hands--Italy
Officers--British--Italy