U.S. servicemen holding a captured Japanese flag, Oahu, Hawaii, 26 September 1945
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Photograph. Two shirtless U.S. servicemen wearing shorts hold a captured Japanese flag. Personal Caption: "26 Sept 45. Oahu, T.H. (afternoon). Walt brought this flag back from Iwo Jima -- knocked off four Japs in a cave to get it." Oahu, Hawaii. 26 September 1945
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09/26/1945
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
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Oahu
Latitude:
21.433
Longitude:
-157.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military personnel--American--Hawaii
Group portraits--Hawaii
Flags--Japanese--Hawaii