Men unloading crates of goods at the port of Ghent, Belgium, 1945
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Photograph. Men unloading crates of food at the port of Ghent in Belgium. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/9/45--Busy Belgian port--The one millionth ton of cargo unloaded in the port of Ghent, Belgium, since it was reopened by the U.S. Army Jan. 23, 1945, is lowered to the wharf from the American liberty ship Oremar. The cargo consisted of food for the people of Holland. Ghent is Belgium's second largest seaport and is now one of the most modernly equipped in Europe.--OWI staff photo Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out) 7058."Ghent, Belgium. 9 July 1945
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07/09/1945
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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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Gent
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51.050
Longitude:
3.717
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Shipping--Belgium
Longshoremen--Belgium
Assistance--Belgium
Harbors--Belgium