U.S. soldier examining captured Japanese 150mm mortar in the Philippines, 1945
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Photograph. U.S. soldier examining captured Japanese 150mm mortar; tents in background. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/29/45--Captured enemy weapon--A U.S. soldier in the Philippines examines a captured Japanese [1]50mm mortar, believed to be the largest used by the enemy in the Pacific. Almost twice the size of American mortars, the weapon weighs more than 700 pounds and requires a crew of 10 men.--Acme war pool photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (List A out) 6927."Philippines. 29 June 1945
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06/29/1945
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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.
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Pilipinas
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13.000
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122.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Mortars (Ordnance)--Japanese--Philippines
Soldiers--American--Philippines
Tents--Philippines
Military camps--American--Philippines