Filipinos and U.S. Army engineers rebuilding bridge in Manila, June 1945
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Photograph. Filipinos and U.S. Army engineers rebuilding the Santa Cruz Bridge in Manila; heavily damaged Manila post office in background. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/29/45--Manila rises again--Filipinos, aided by U.S. Army Engineers, rebuild Santa Cruz Bridge in Manila, Philippines capital, which suffered extensive destruction during the futile Japanese attempt to prevent liberation of the city. The Filipinos are clearing streets, repairing buildings and reopening stores and restaurants.--ACME war pool photo through Rome OWI--approved by appropriate military authority (List A Out). 6925."Manila, Philippines. 29 June 1945
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06/29/1945
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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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Manila
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14.617
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120.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Bridge construction--Philippines
Post offices--Philippines
War damage--Philippines
Rivers--Philippines