President Truman congratulating Medal of Honor recipient Jake W. Lindsey, Washington, D. C., 1945

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Photograph. U.S. President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Army Technical Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey near the rostrum in the House Chamber of the Capitol after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/19/45--U.S. President Greets Hero--U.S. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Army Technical Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey after awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor before a joint session of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in Washington. At right, by the microphones, is General of the Army George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. At the rear are Senator Kenneth D. McKellar (L), Senate Presiding Officer, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. Sergeant Lindsey stood alone against a company of Germans and later, although wounded, engaged eight of the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. ACME photo approved by appropriate military authority - serviced by Rome OWI (a list out). 6804."”Washington, D. C. 19 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.384
Date: 
06/19/1945
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Presidents--American--District of Columbia
Military decorations--District of Columbia
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Shaking hands--District of Columbia
Microphones--District of Columbia
Legislators--District of Columbia
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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: 
District of Columbia
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
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Presidents--American--District of Columbia
Military decorations--District of Columbia
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Shaking hands--District of Columbia
Microphones--District of Columbia
Legislators--District of Columbia