German spy, Heinz Petry, executed near Braunschweig, Germany, 1 June 1945
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Photograph. Two German Red Cross aides placing the corpse of Heinz Petry into a coffin after his execution by firing squad. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/12/45--German spy executed--Two German Red Cross aides place the lifeless body of 16-year-old Heinz Petry, of Alsdorf, Germany, into a coffin after his execution by a U.S. Ninth Army firing squad June 1, 1945, for espionage against U.S. forces. He claimed he was offered the chance to spy on U.S. forces in order to clear his own record at a Hitler Youth Detention Camp where he had been held. The execution took place near Braunschweig, Germany.--U.S. Signal Corps photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6680." Near Braunschweig, Germany. 1 June 1945
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06/01/1945
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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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Braunschweig
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52.267
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10.533
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Executions--Germany
Dead persons--Germany