General Bradley receiving applause, Washington, D. C., 1945

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Photograph. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson applauding General Omar N. Bradley at press conference. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/28/45--Gen. Bradley receives ovation--U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson leads the applause for General Omar N. Bradley at Secretary Stimson's press conference in Washington. General Bradley, Commander of the 12th Army Group under Eisenhower, led American troops to major victories in North Africa and Western Europe and was acclaimed one of the outstanding strategists of the war. General Bradley has been named by President Harry S. Truman to succeed Brigadier General Frank T. Hines as Administrator of U.S. Veterans Affairs.--Army Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (List A out) 6914." Washington, D. C. 28 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.403
Date: 
06/28/1945
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Unit: 
12th Army Group
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Military uniforms--American--District of Columbia
Hand clapping
Collection Level: 
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
Latitude: 
38.833
Longitude: 
-77.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Government officials--American--District of Columbia
Military uniforms--American--District of Columbia
Hand clapping