U.S. soldier examining bolt of stolen silk at Darendsberg Castle, Merano, Italy, 1945
Description:
Photograph. U.S. Second Lieutenant Philip Kovacs examining silk stolen by the Germans and stored at Darendsberg Castle. Official Caption: "U.S. Second Lieut. Philip A. Kovacs, Provost Marshal of the Merano, Italy, area, examines bolts of silk in Darendsberg Castle that were stolen by the Germans. 6800 D." Merano, Italy. 1945
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Date:
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:
Merano
Latitude:
46.667
Longitude:
11.150
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--American--Italy
Silk--Italy
War destruction & pillage--Italy