American captain lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony, Belluno, Italy, June 1945
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Photograph. Captain of the 85th Infantry Division lays down a wreath during memorial ceremony in Italy; other servicemen holding wreaths in background. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/2/45--Wreaths honor U.S. War dead--During the memorial services at Belluno, Italy, company commanders of a U.S. 85th Division regiment place wreaths at the base of a flag pole in honor of U.S. soldiers who died while fighting the area. Army pictorial photo--serviced by Rome OWI full. Approved by appropriate military authority." Belluno, Italy. 2 June 1945
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06/02/1945
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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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Belluno
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46.145
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12.221
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--American--Italy
Memorial rites & ceremonies--Italy
Wreaths--Italy