Soldiers of the Chinese Army listening to a speech before combat, China, 1945
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Photograph. Soldiers of the Chinese Army, wearing military uniforms and holding rifles, sitting in rows on the ground while listening to a speech outdoors. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/21/45-- Chinese Soldiers--Troops of the revitalized Chinese Army, in full battle garb, listen to a speech of their Commanding Officer before setting out for action against the Japanese in China.--Army photo through OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (A list out) 6816."China. 21 June 1945
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06/21/1945
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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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Zhonghua
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35.000
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105.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Chinese-China
Military uniforms--Chinese--China
Rifles--China