Two Italian soldiers stand guard outside a former Fascist headquarters building, Italy, 1945
Description:
Photograph. Two Italian soldiers stand guard outside a former Fascist headquarters building marked "MVSN" and decorated with eagles, weapons, gas masks, grenades, handguns and other military equipment in bas relief. A sign in English is posted on the door:"Off Limits". Official Caption: "This building, former Fascist headquarters in Milan, now houses the reorganized police department. 6424 A." Milan, Italy. 1945
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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:
Milano
Latitude:
45.467
Longitude:
9.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Italian--Italy
Police--Italy
Fascism--Italy
Architectural elements--Italy
Doors & doorways--Italy