Islanders paddling outrigger canoes next to U.S. warship near Jolo Island, Philippines, 1945
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Photograph. Islanders paddling outrigger canoes next to U.S. warship, as seen from ship deck; American sailors looking on. Official Caption: "Rome. 7/18/45--'Hey, Joe' in the Pacific--Jolo Islanders in the Sulu Archipelago paddle out in their outrigger canoes to greet a U.S. warship. Some have goods to sell but others have come merely to greet the American seamen lining the rail. The U.S. 41st Division liberated Jolo, south of the Philippines, in April, and many of the islanders joined in guerrilla activities and helped in the victory over the Japanese.--Acme War Pool Photo. Approved by Appropriate Military Authority--Serviced by Rome. OWI (List A out) 7132." Jolo Island, Philippines. 18 July 1945
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07/18/1945
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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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Jolo Island
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5.967
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121.100
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Outrigger canoes--Philippines
Warships--American--Philippines
Military personnel---American--Philippines
Indigenous peoples--Philippines