Newly-manufactured trucks lined up in a warehouse in Turin, Italy, 1945
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Photograph. Newly-manufactured trucks lined up in a warehouse in Italy. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/16/45--Italy making own trucks--Rows of completed trucks await delivery at Fiat's Mirafiore plant at Turin. The initial capacity of 15 modern cab-over-engine trucks daily is gradually being increased as critical supplies of coal and tires are received through the assistance of the Allied Commission.--OWI staff photo approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI 7107 D."Turin, Italy. 16 July 1945
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07/16/1945
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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:
Torino
Latitude:
45.050
Longitude:
7.667
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Trucks--Italian--Italy
Warehouses--Italy