Norwegian girl gives a bouquet to an American soldier in Oslo, Norway, July 1945
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Photograph. U.S. Army soldier is given a bouquet by a Norwegian girl during parade in Oslo in observance of American Independence Day. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/24/45--Yanks in Oslo--To the amusement of his comrades, a U.S. Army officer is given a bouquet by a Norwegian girl during the parade of American troops in Oslo on July 4 in observance of American Independence Day.--Signal Corps photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority. (B list out). 7192." Oslo, Norway. 24 July 1945
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07/24/1945
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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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Oslo
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59.933
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10.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military parades & ceremonies--Norway
Military uniforms--American--Norway
Flower arrangements--Norway
Soldiers--American--Norway