Description: 134th Light Field Artillery signal flag from Battery C. This red and white cotton flag is rectangular in shape and measures 45 x 42.5 cm. It was likely used during World War I. Signal flags were used for communication between military units at a distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73173_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Textile--cotton; Military flags; Communication artifact
 

Description: Soldier Jim Lundgard displaying the Ohio flag that he requested from Governor James Rhodes while serving in Vietnam, 1969. The flag is part of the Ohio History Connection museum collections, catalog number H 82022. Lundgard served in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division Company B, 3rd battalion, 47 Infantry Division. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01057
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio state symbols; Flags; Military service;
Places: Mekong Delta (Vietnam)
 

Description: The flag of the 134th Light Field Artillery, Battery C. It has a red square in the center on a white field. The rectangular shape is 57.4 cm by 62 cm. The accession book reads: "Three signal flags, Battery C, 134 Field Light Artillery - World War Relics . . . No other record." There is no recorded source or donor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73067_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Textile--cotton; Military flags; Communication artifact
 

Description: Guidon of the 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment (1861-1865). It was blue and yellow with yellow fringe. The dimensions were 27 by 37 and the fabric was silk. The flag was severely damaged with only a small portion remaining View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H18371_001
Subjects: Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865; Flags--Ohio; Military flags; Textile--silk
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This United States Signal Corps flag is square and made of cotton. The flag has a red border and a white square in the middle. It was used in the First World War, the flag dates from 1917-1918. It's dimensions are 60 by 60 cm. Rev. Arthur H. Limouze of Columbus, Ohio, donated this signal flag in 1926. The owner of the flag died while using it in Argonne, France, during World War I. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65595_001
Subjects: Signal flags; Communication artifacts; Military flags; World War, 1914-1918--Flags
 

Description: This is a photograph of the guidon battle flag of the 324th Field Artillery, Battery F. It is a swallowtail flag with a red background and the number 324, crossed cannons and the letter F in yellow. The dimensions are 102 cm by 69 cm. The provenance was given by Captain Thomas Md Caw. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H53035_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Guidon; Military flags
 

Description: This is a photograph of a World War I service flag dating from 1917-1918. The silk flag is white with a red border. There is a blue star in the center of the white field. The dimensions are 23 cm by 29 cm. Mary Behnke of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H21046_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Blue Star Banner; Military flags
 

Description: This is the reverse side of a World War I service flag dating from 1917-1918. The silk flag is white with a red border. There is a blue star in the center of the white field. 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 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. Mary Behnke of Columbus, Ohio, donated this service flag in 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H21046_002
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags
 

Description: Campaign Banners of the 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers. Eleven campaign banners of riots, coal mining strikes, and floods where the 4th Ohio National Guard served from 1878 to 1894.Corning, 1878. Washington C.H. 1894. Cincinnati, 1884. Columbus, 1888. Cleveland, 1881. Galvin's Army, 1894. Carthage, 1886. Columbus, 1879. Eastern Ohio, 1894. Hocking Valley, 1884. Presented by the Columbus Board of Trade May 14 [?]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02203
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898; Military flags
 

Description: This pennant shows the Brigade Colors of the 73rd Infantry Brigade, 37th Infantry Division. The blue swallowtail shaped flag measures 142 cm high by 158 cm wide. The white numbers, 73 and 37 are machine sewn applique. 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: AL02216
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; Military flags; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph, part of the Rodger Cuccio Collection, is of a group of firefighters from Marion, Ohio, and C-130 air crewmen from Columbus holding the Ohio flag. It was taken in Safwan, Iraq, during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991. Rodger Cuccio was a member of the 356th Tactical Airlift Squadron stationed at Rickenbacker Air Force Base near Columbus. His unit, along with four others, was attached to the 907th Tactical Airlift Group, U.S. Airforce Reserve. This squadron, made up of over 250 servicemen and women, served in the Gulf War from January to June of 1991. While in Kuwait, Cuccio’s unit flew over 2,000 sorties, hauled over 4,400 tons of cargo and moved more than 13,000 people during Operation Desert Storm. Additional missions of the 907th squadron included resupplying Kuwait City after its liberation, redeployment of troops from Iraq to Saudi Arabia following the signing of the United Nations peace treaty, and evacuation of Shiite Muslims from southern Iraq. The men and women of the 907th Tactical Airlift Group returned to Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts on June 14, 1991, after 141 days overseas. Other photographs in the Cuccio Collection depict camp life for U.S. soldiers, old artillery and military aircraft, Kuwaiti refugees, and Kuwait City and the surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3215_3813083_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Soldiers; Flags; Military uniforms
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio); Iraq
 

Description: Brigade Colors of the 190th Infantry Brigade, 95th Infantry Division are shown in the blue swallowtail flag with the numbers, 190 and 95, in white. It measures 124 cm high by 156 cm wide. The flag is made of wool with machine 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: AL02282
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; Ceremonial artifact; Military flags
Places: Ohio