U.S. Generals Keyes, Clark, and Bradley at West Point, New York, 1945

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Photograph. U.S. Generals Keyes, Clark, and Bradley at commencement exercises of their alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/25/45--Generals meet at West Point--Three American Generals, who played important roles in smashing German armies, exchanged greetings at commencement exercises of their alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. Left to Right are: Lieut. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, Commander of the Second Corps, Fifth Army; General Mark W. Clark, Commander of the Allied 15th Army Group in Italy, and General Omar N. Bradley, Commander of the 12th Army Group in Western Europe.--International News Photo through OWI Rome, approved by appropriate military authority. (A List out) 6854.' West Point, New York.”25 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.414
Date: 
06/25/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--American--New York
Shaking hands--New York
Graduation ceremonies--New York
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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: 
New York
Latitude: 
40.700
Longitude: 
-74.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--American--New York
Shaking hands--New York
Graduation ceremonies--New York