U.S Treasury Secretary visits war front in Italy [Lieutenant General Clark and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau]

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U.S Treasury Secretary visits war front in Italy [Lieutenant General Clark and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau]

Description

Photograph of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (left) and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. (right) surveying an Italian railyard damaged by Allied bombers, Caserta, Italy, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Treasury Secretary visits war front in Italy. U.S. Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, Commander of the Allied Fifth Army, shows U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., some of the destruction caused by the Allied bombers to the railroad yards in Caserta, Italy, when they were being used by the Germans for troop movements. Secretary Morgenthau praised the work of the Allied Military Government in restoring order after the liberation of Caserta. Serviced by New York to List A. 17188-PNT. War pool photo, not for use in British Isles or Western Hemisphere. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."

Stamped on verso: "Important. Not for use in Western Hemisphere or British Isles."

Date

1943 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-08-08_image_110_01
2007-08-08_image_110_02