Mary Mulcahey of the American Red Cross accepting a gift from members of the Chinese community of Milan, Italy, 1945

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Photograph. Mary Mulcahey of the American Red Cross accepting a monetary gift from members of the Chinese community of Milan as Lieutenant Colonel Harry G. Hershenson looks on. Official Caption: "Rome. 6/29/45--Chinese in Milan Aid Red Cross--Miss Mary Mulcahey of the American Red Cross accepts a gift of 228,000 lire ($2280) from members of the Chinese community of Milan, delivered by Sin Bung Ko (L) and Ou Li Siang. Looking on is U.S. Lieut. Col. Harry G. Hershenson, Allied Military Government Commissioner for Milan. The gift was accompanied by the following letter: 'The members of the Chinese community of Milan, proud of the magnificent successes obtained by the glorious Allies of their country and certain to obtain with help other victories and the defeat of the common enemy, Japan, offer now the sum of 228,000 lire to the American Red Cross.'--OWI Staff photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced Full 6952."”Milan, Italy. 29 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.302
Date: 
06/29/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Men--Chinese--Italy
Assistance--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Women--Italy
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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: 
Milano
Latitude: 
45.467
Longitude: 
9.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Men--Chinese--Italy
Assistance--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Women--Italy