President Truman greeting General Patton in the United States, June 1945
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Photograph. U.S. President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with General George S. Patton outdoors. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/28/45--President Greets General--U.S. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with General George S. Patton, Commander of the U.S. Third Army which made history in the defeat of Nazi Germany. After arriving in the U.S. by plane from Paris June 7, General Patton called on the President and described his visit as 'a couple of soldiers reminiscing about the artillery.' President Truman was an artillery officer in the 1914-18 World War.--Acme photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (list A out). 6913." United States. 28 June 1945
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06/28/1945
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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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United States
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38.000
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-98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Presidents--American--United States
Generals--American--United States
Shaking hands--United States
Military uniforms--American--United States