Harry C. Butcher Papers. 1910 - 1959. Photographs

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Harry C. Butcher Papers. 1910 - 1959. Photographs

1941-1947

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/876185

The largest group of photographs in this series consists of images relating to Harry C. Butcher's service as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Naval Aide at the Allied Force Headquarters and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. The photographs depict Eisenhower's activities during the North African Campaign, the following campaign in Italy, and the planning and execution of the Normandy Invasion. Some of the activities include troop inspections, high-level planning meetings, visits by dignitaries and the press, and captured German and Italian general officers. There are photographs of Eisenhower and major Allied military and political leaders in England and elsewhere on the continent of Europe following the invasion at Normandy until after the surrender of Germany. Individuals depicted include Bernard Law Montgomery, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Henri Giraud, Mark W. Clark, Omar Nelson Bradley, George S. Patton, Arthur William Tedder, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and George VI, King of England. In addition to the military photographs there are images of Butcher's family and friends. A small number of photographs contain images of Abilene, Kansas and Eisenhower's family and childhood friends.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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