German spy Josef Schoner being tied to a stake prior to his execution, Braunschweig, Germany, 1 June 1945
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Photograph. German spy Josef Schoner being tied to a stake prior to his execution; a coffin lies on the ground nearby. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/12/45--Young Nazi spy is shot--A U.S. Ninth Army Military Policeman ties 17-year-old Josef Schoner to the stake at Braunschweig, Germany, June 1, 1945, for execution as a spy. Schoner and another German youth, both former members of the Hitler Youth Organization, were found carrying out espionage activities against German forces.--U.S. Signal Corps Photos--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6678." Near Rome, Italy. 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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
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Executions--Italy
Military personnel--American--Italy
Coffins--Italy