Allied soldiers at Allied Air Force review, Italy, May 1945
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Photograph. Allied soldiers at Air Force review; the flags of multiple nations are flying and there are airplanes flying overhead in formation. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/29/45--Desert Air Force Review--An aerial review of Allied desert Air Force squadrons made an impressive sight at Campoformido Airfield, Udine, Northern Italy, on May 28, 1945, in the presence of high ranking Allied officers. For the review, the airfield was lined with flags of the United Nations.--RAF Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI Full. Approved by appropriate military authority. 6451." Udine, Italy. 29 May 1945
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05/29/1945
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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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Udine
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46.062
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13.242
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military parades & ceremonies--Italy
Airplanes
Flags
Soldiers--Italy