U.S. Army General Bradley taking oath as new Veterans Administrator, Washington, D. C., August 1945

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Photograph. U.S. Army General Omar H. Bradley (left) being sworn in as Administrator of Veterans Affairs by Associate Justice Harold M. Stephens (right), of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, indoors. Official Caption: "Rome. 8/29/45--U.S. General Bradley Takes Oath as Veterans Administrator--U.S. Gen. Omar H. Bradley (Left), former Commander of the 12th Army Group, which served in Europe, is sworn in as Administrator of Veterans Affairs by Associate Justice Harold M. Stephens (Right), of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Aug. 15, 1945. The ceremony took place in the Veterans Administration Building in Washington, the U.S. capital. In the background are Edward E. Odom (holding Bible) and the former Veterans Administrator, Brigadier General Frank T. Hines. General Bradley was appointed to the post by President Harry S. Truman under orders to modernize the organization so that it could cope with the problems of the millions of veterans. Photo through U. S. I. S. Rome, 43495-PME. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority. (C List Out)." Washington, D. C. 29 August 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.485
Date: 
08/29/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Judges--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Oaths--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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Judges--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Oaths--District of Columbia