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: 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: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 90 cm high by 126 cm wide. National colors of Brigadier General Leo M. Kreber, Commanding General of 37th Infantry Division's Artillery. The national flag of the United States consists of 48 white appliqued stars arranged in six rows of eight on a blue canton measuring 50 cm high by 61 cm wide. There are thirteen stripes, seven red and six white, 8 cm high. A gold, plied, cut-end fringe, 6 cm long surrounds the flag. The shape is rectangular. hio 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: AL02296
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 87 cm high by 150 cm wide. This flag shows the national colors of General Leo Kreber of the 37th Infantry Division. The 48 gold embroidered stars are arranged in six rows of eight stars on a blue canton. It is 65 cm high by 50 cm wide with 13 stripes, 7 red and 6 white, all 7 cm high. The fringe is gold with self-plied loops which are 5 cm long. The shape is rectangular. 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: AL02297
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: National colors of the 37th Division Transportation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02298
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 137th Tank Battalion, 37th Infantry Division. Text on flag reads: 137th Tank. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02299
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 537th Transportation Battalion, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 92 cm high by 108 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 537th Transportation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02301
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 737th Ordnance Battalion, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 88 cm high by 152 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 737th Ordnance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02302
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
 

Description: Harry C. Pepon at Childress Air Force Base in Texas on the day that he received his bombardier wings, July 22, 1944. Pepon was born in Hilliard, Ohio, and served as a bombardier on a B-17 crew stationed in Italy during World War II. His plane was hit by enemy fire on its first mission to bomb a German refinery. The plane went missing and the crew was presumed dead. After the war, debris from the plane was found in Yugoslavia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07527
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio; Air pilots; Aircraft accidents
Places: Childress Air Force Base (Texas)
 

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: Woody Hayes (on right facing camera) taking command of the USS Rinehart from Captain Engle during World War II, ca. 1943. Hayes enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1941, and obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations. Born Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes in Clifton, Ohio, in 1913, Hayes is best-known for his 28 seasons as head football coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He died in 1987. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07530
Subjects: Hayes, Woody, 1913-1987; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Ohio State Buckeyes (Football team); World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio; Military uniforms
 

Description: Woody Hayes with a group of fellow officers on board the USS Rinehart during World War II, ca. 1943. Hayes enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1941, and obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations. Born Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes in Clifton, Ohio, in 1913, Hayes is best-known for his 28 seasons as head football coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He died in 1987. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07531
Subjects: Hayes, Woody, 1913-1987; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Ohio State Buckeyes (Football team); World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio; Military uniforms