US Air Force (USAF) 1ST Lieutenant (1LT) Kenneth Raszinski (left) and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nathan Showers, both with the 374th Air Wing (AW) Honor Guard, Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan (JPN), folds a flag that belonged to Ippei Saeki, a Japanese Soldier who died fighting Americans during World War II. The flag was brought to the US after the war. Today, 59 years later, Colonel (COL) Mark Schissler, commander of the 374th AW returned the flag to the brother of Mr. Saeki during a solemn ceremony
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Yokota Air Base
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
Date
1940
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions