German civilians clearing debris from a war damaged commercial street, Berlin, 1945
Description:
Photograph. German civilians clearing debris from a war damaged commercial street. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/15/45--Battered Berlin--Civilians working under the direction of Russian soldiers clear away rubble and debris in the business district of Berlin. The German capital was captured by the Russians May 2, 1945. During the latter years of the war, Berlin was pounded heavily by Allied bombers.--U.S. Signal Corps Photo approved by appropriate military authority.--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out) 6708." Berlin, Germany. 15 June 1945
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Date:
06/15/1945
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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.
Geography:
Berlin
Latitude:
52.517
Longitude:
13.400
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Debris--Germany
People--Germany
War damage--Germany
Commercial streets--Germany