U.S. soldier standing guard at entrance to Darendsberg Castle, Merano, Italy, 1945
Description:
Photograph. U.S. soldier standing guard at drawbridge at entrance to Darendsberg Castle. Official Caption: "A U.S. sentry stands guard at the old drawbridge of Darendsberg Castle. The guard will be maintained until proper distribution is made of the castle's stolen contents. 6800 B." Merano, 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:
Merano
Latitude:
46.667
Longitude:
11.150
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Guards--Italy
Castles & palaces--Italy
Drawbridges--Italy
Doors & doorways--Italy