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Photo #: 80-G-338244

Yokosuka Navy Base, Japan


Raising the United States flag at Yokosuka, 30 August 1945, as U.S. Marines and sailors took over the facility. Brigadier General William T. Clement, USMC, presided over the ceremony.
In this view, the flag is at the bottom of the mast, ready to be hoisted.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 94KB; 690 x 675 pixels

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24 February 1999