Field Marshal Jan Smuts of South Africa with Generals Poole and Crittenberger, Italy, 1945

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Photograph. Field Marshall Jan Smuts (center) of South Africa saluting outdoors in front of building; South African Major General W. H. Everad Poole and U.S. Lieutenant General W. D. Crittenberger are standing to the left and right of Smuts, respectively. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/12/45--Marshal Smuts in Italy--Field Marshall Jan Smuts (C) of South Africa takes the salute at Milan from a guard of honor composed of American, South African, and Italian troops. At the left is Major General W. H. Everad Poole, Commander of the 6th South African Armored Division; at the right is U.S. Lieutenant General W. D. Crittenberger, Commander of the Fourth Corps.--OWI staff photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority 7090."”Milan, Italy. 12 July 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.420
Date: 
07/12/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--South African--Italy
Saluting--Italy
Military uniforms--South African--Italy
Military uniforms--American--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy
Collection Level: 
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: 
Milano
Latitude: 
45.467
Longitude: 
9.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--South African--Italy
Saluting--Italy
Military uniforms--South African--Italy
Military uniforms--American--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy