Edward N. Scheiberling speaking to American servicemen at Rome Red Cross, Italy, 1945
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Photograph. National Commander of The American Legion, Edward N. Scheiberling, speaking to American servicemen at Rome Red Cross; ornate windows behind him. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/18/45 -- Legion commander in Italy -- Edward Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion, talks to U.S. enlisted men at the American Red Cross club in Rome during his tour of the Mediterranean. -- OWI Staff photo approved by appropriate military authority, serviced by Rome OWI Full. 6778." Rome, Italy. 18 June 1945
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06/18/1945
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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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Windows--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Public speaking--Italy
People associated with politics & government
Interiors--Italy