General Eisenhower beginning a 'victory tour' parade, Washington, D. C., June 1945

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Photograph. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower waving from the back of a jeep near an airport runway, other jeeps (part of a convoy) visible behind him. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/29/45--Eisenhower begins triumphant tour--General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (L) sitting with the General of the Army George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, starts on Jeep parade through Washington after his arrival at the U.S. capital June 18 by plane from Paris. He told a joint session of Congress that the only reward the fighting men and 'The families of those who don'’t come back" desire for their sacrifice is the assurance that "all this will not happen again.'--Acme Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (A List out) 6911." Washington, D. C. 18 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.797
Date: 
06/18/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Jeep automobiles--American--District of Columbia
Military personnel--American--District of Columbia
Military parades & ceremonies--District of Columbia
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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.
Geography: 
District of Columbia
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Jeep automobiles--American--District of Columbia
Military personnel--American--District of Columbia
Military parades & ceremonies--District of Columbia