U.S. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher discussing kamikazes at press conference, Washington, D. C., 1945

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Photograph. U.S. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, Commander of the Fifth Fleet Task Force, speaking as James V. Forrestal, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, listens. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/25/45--U.S. Admiral Returns from Pacific--U.S. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, Commander of the Fifth Fleet Task Force comprised mainly of fast aircraft carriers, describes the bitter warfare at Okinawa as U.S. Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal listens at a press conference at Washington. The task force commander is back home after six months action in the Pacific. He said that more than 1600 Japanese suicide planes had been shot down in the Okinawa and other actions but added that the enemy would only surrender when he is 'thoroughly whipped.'--AP photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (A list out) 6855." Washington D.C., United States. 25 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.322
Date: 
06/25/1945
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Admirals--American--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Discussion--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
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38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
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Admirals--American--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Discussion--District of Columbia