General Eisenhower inspecting Russian troops, Berlin, Germany, 1945
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Photograph. U.S. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) inspecting Russian troops at Berlin airport. Official Caption: "Rome. 6/16/45--Eisenhower inspects Russian troops--Russian troops present arms at the Berlin Airport as they are inspected by U.S. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Supreme Allied Commander, and General Sokolowsky of the Russian Army. The review was held shortly before the arrival of Marshal Gregory Zhukov, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Soviet forces, to sign the four-power pact for the control of Germany.--AP photo approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out) 6743." Berlin, Germany. 16 June 1945
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06/16/1945
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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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Berlin
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52.517
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13.400
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Generals--American--Germany
Generals--Russian--Germany
Soldiers--Russian--Germany
Military inspections--Germany