U.S. soldiers checking identification papers of German civilians, Germany, July 1945

Description: 

Photograph. U.S. soldiers checking identification papers of German civilians outside the entrance of a dwelling. Official Caption: "U.S. Soldiers Search German Homes. U.S. soldiers check identification papers of German civilians in Bremen, during a trough search of all homes in the port city July 21, 1945. The check-up was prepared secretly and made suddenly at 3 o'clock in the morning to prevent the escape or hiding of persons at fault. The search was for fire arms, displaced persons in the wrong location, radio transmitters, U.S. Army soldiers away from duty without leave and stocks of U.S. food and clothing being used for black market purposes. U.S. Signal Corps photo through U. S. I. S. Rome. Certified as passed by censor. (A and B lists out)."”Bremen, Germany. 21 July 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.375
Date: 
07/21/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--Germany
Searching--Germany
Dwellings--Germany
Collection Level: 
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: 
Bremen
Latitude: 
53.083
Longitude: 
8.800
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Religious processions--Germany
Soldiers--American--Germany
Searching--Germany
Dwellings--Germany