Flags

The Japanese flag is hauled down at Seoul, Korea, as the rising sun sets in the far east...the end of Dai Nippon. From a scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946. (These photographs are also reproduced in 8x10 and placed in the regular photo boxes).

Officers and men of the 24th Corps stand at attention as the American Flag is hoisted in Seoul, Korea, September 9, 1945. From a scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946. (These photographs have been reproduced in 8x10 and placed in the regular photo boxes).

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a flag from Kon-Tiki Raft expedition group. L-R: Thor Heyerdahl, Knut Haugland, Herman Watzinger, President Truman, Knut Lykke (Counsellor of Norwegian Embassy), Eric Hesselberg, and Torstein Raaby.