Members of the U.S. House Military Affairs Committee, Italy, June, 1945

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Photograph. Group portrait of members of the U.S. House Military Affairs Committee in Rome. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/18/45--Congressmen visit Italy--Visiting Rome during a Mediterranean tour to study Army installations, redeployment and disposition of surplus military property, members of the U.S. House Military Affairs Committee confer with local officials. (L to R): William L. Marbury, U.S. War Shipping Administration; Representatives Chet Holifield of California, Melvin Price of Illinois; Thomas E. Martin of Iowa; Rear Admiral Ellery Stone, Chief of the Allied Commission; Rep. Robert Sikes of Florida; Spurgeon M. Keeny, Chief of UNRRA [United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration] in Italy; Rep. Charles R. Clason of Massachusetts, Delegate Jesus T. Pinero of Puerto Rico and Rep. J. Leroy Johnson of California.--OWI staff photo approved by appropriate military authority. Serviced by Rome OWI full. 6776."”Rome, Italy. 18 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.102
Date: 
06/18/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Meetings--Italy
Legislators--United States
Group portraits--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy
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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: 
Roma
Latitude: 
41.900
Longitude: 
12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Meetings--Italy
Legislators--United States
Group portraits--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy