Description: The flag shows the battalion colors of the 180th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. The text on flag reads: 180th AAA Gun Battalion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02300
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio; Flags--World War 1939-1945
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Guidon of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 137th Artillery. The background is red with red lettering. 137 is at the top with HQ at the bottom. There are crossed cannons with missile in the middle with a 3 off to the left side. The textile is wool and the dimensions are 48 cm by 172 cm. The battery was stationed in Canton from September 1, 1959 until April 1, 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65558_001
Subjects: Guidon; World War, 1939-1945; Flags--Ohio, World War 1939-1945
 

Description: This Japanese flag has a white field with a large red dot in the center. It is rectangular, measuring 107 by 156 cm. It is made of wool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65455_001
Subjects: Imperial Japanese; World War, 1939-1945; Flags--World War 1939-1945
 

Description: This is a photograph of a Guidon of the 37th Division Transportation, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 91 cm high by 118 cm wide. The divisional Colors of the 37th Division Transportation are shown with a blue field with "37" and "T" appliqued with white fabric. The gold fringe, 6 cm long with self plied loops, is on three sides of the rectangular shaped flag. It was machine sewn with appliques. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02295
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio; Military flags; Communication artifact; Ceremonial artifact
 

Description: This Japanese flag has a red circle at the center of a rectangular white field. This flag dates from World War II (1939-1945) and was carried by a Japanese soldier. There is Japanese script in black on the flag. The dimensions are 103 cm by 71 cm. Doug Powelson of Columbus, Ohio, donated this flag to the Ohio Historical Society in 1987 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H52463_001
Subjects: Flags--Japan; World War, 1939-1945; Imperial Japanese;
 

Description: This is a photograph of a silk sash or "Bandolier of 1000 Stitches" which was made in Japan and dates from 1940-1943. This rectangular sash resembles a scarf and is made of white silk stitched with orange thread and decorated with Japanese brush writing. The fabric is silk. The Ohio Historical Society received this bandolier from Wu Kung of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, in 1945. This bandolier was captured from a Japanese soldier in Burma on November 23, 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H49124_001
Subjects: World War II--Pacific; Flags--Japan; Flags--World War 1939-1945; Imperial Japanese
 

Description: This flag hung at the Campus Martius Museum in honor of five employees serving in the Second World War: William R. Willison, Samuel P. Tobias, Robert L. Cole, Lewis B. Anderson, and Norman G. Wolfe. The In Service Flag (Blue Star Banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization who were serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau. Card with flag reads "United States Army 2d World War/William R. Willison/Samuel P. Tobias/Robert L. Cole/ Lewis B. Anderson/Norman G. Wolfe/Employees at Campus Martius" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H18133_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945; Campus Martius Museum; Blue Star Banner;
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Japanese writing in black ink and embroidery cover this white silk banner which was captured during World War II. It was the personal flag of a Japanese soldier. It's colors are red, white and black with a rising sun. This silk flag measures 47 by 64.8. Henry P. Kosling of Cleveland, Ohio, donated this flag in 1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H49123_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--World War 1939-1945; Textile--silk; World War II--Pacific;
 

Description: One side of this "Blue Star Banner" displays 10 stars, the other, 6 (four have been removed). It likely dates to World War II. The In Service Flag (Blue Star Banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are also displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization who were serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one, wounded soldiers were represented by silver. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65282_001
Subjects: Textile--cotton; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War (1939-1945); Blue Star Banner;
 

Description: A maker's mark indicates that it was manufactured by Annin & Co., America's oldest and largest flag maker. The founder, Alexander Annin, began making flags on the New York City waterfront in the 1820’s. Adopted on February 9, 1948, the flag of the Territory of Guam features the coat of arms on a blue field bordered in red. The almond-shaped seal represents indigenous slingshot stones. Inside are the word "GUAM" and a palm tree, behind which are cliffs and a proa (sailboat) sailing near the capital Hagatna. Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean (Micronesia). Guam's indigenous Chamorro society is thought to have began around 4,000 years ago. After 'discovery' by European Ferdinand Magellan the first colony was established in 1668 by Spain. During WWII, Japanese occupation lasted for approximately thirty-one months. The Battle of Guam on July 21, 1944 (Liberation Day) was notoriously brutal, as Imperial Japanese soldiers fought to the death. Less than 500 surrendered. In 2010, Guam's Governor declared the island name be changed back to the original Chamorro term Guahan. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65495_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Indigenous population; Flags--Guam; World War, 1939-1945; Textile--cotton; Colonization--Spain; Pacific Ocean--Micronesia
Places: Guam
 

Description: Mr. Hollie Wentz Shupe of Columbus, Ohio, donated this Japanese flag in 1950. It was captured on Guadalcanal while the donor was serving with the 1st Marine Division during World War II. It is a white silk field with a red circle in the center and covered with Japanese writing. The flag dates from 1940-1942. Guadalcanal is the largest in the Solomon Island group in the South-Western Pacific. Codenamed Operation Watchtower, it was the site of a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65518_001
Subjects: Textile--silk; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Japan; World War (1939-1945); Imperial Japanese; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a stained silk In-Service Banner with 12 stars. It was embroidered by hand and measures 90 x 59 cm. The In Service Flag (Blue Star banner) was patented by an Ohioan, Colonel Robert L. Queisser of East Cleveland, Ohio, on 6 November 1917. Intended for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces, blue star banners are also displayed in shop windows to honor the members of that organization who were serving. Most flags were homemade by mothers, though they later became mass-produced. Upon death in service the blue star was replaced by a gold one, wounded soldiers' stars were replaced by silver. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65450_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1914-1918; Blue Star Banner;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio), Cuyahoga County (Ohio)