Bales and cases of clothing and shoes being unloaded in Naples, Italy, 1945
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Photograph. Bales and cases of clothing and shoes being unloaded on dock/pier for distribution in Italy and Yugoslavia. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/16/45--Clothing for war sufferers--This is part of the 1645 bales and cases of clothing and shoes collected in the United States and brought to Naples by the liner 'Gripsholm'. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Committee will distribute 682 bales in Italy and the remainder will be shipped to Yugoslavia. The Italian and Yugoslavian governments, respectively, will assist in the distribution.--UNRRA photo approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome full. 6739." Naples, Italy. 16 June 1945
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Date:
06/16/1945
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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.
Geography:
Napoli
Latitude:
40.833
Longitude:
14.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Clothing relief--American--Italy
Trucks--Italy
Men--Italy
Piers & wharves--Italy