Wounded U.S. servicemen awaiting General Eisenhower's arrival, Washington, D. C., 1945
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Photograph. Wounded American servicemen, sitting in wheelchairs and standing on crutches, waiting outdoors near reviewing stand for the arrival of General Eisenhower. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/28/45--Wounded U.S. Servicemen await Eisenhower's arrival--On the capitol plaza in Washington, the U.S. capital, wounded American servicemen wait to cheer the arrival of General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower from Paris. General Eisenhower stopped his car when he saw them and alighted to shake hands and chat with the men before entering the capitol to address Congress.--OWI Staff Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority.--(A List Out) 6900." Washington, D. C. 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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District of Columbia
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38.833
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-77.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--District of Columbia
Crutches--District of Columbia
Wheelchairs
Parades & processions--District of Columbia
Loudspeakers--District of Columbia