First American Flag Unfurled Over the Ryukyus. Over a ridge on Geruma Shima in the Keramas group of the Ryukyus, soldiers of the 77th division raise the stars and stripes--the first American flag to be planted on soil in the Japanese home empire. The ensign was given to the commander of company A, 1st infantry battalion of the 77th by Coast Guard Lieut. John H. Judge, skipper of a Coast Guard-manned LST which landed troops in the operation a few days before the major assault on Okinawa. The flag raising followed comparatively light resistance to the landing. Lieutenant Judge lives in Belmont,
First American Flag Unfurled Over the Ryukyus. Over a ridge on Geruma Shima in the Keramas group of the Ryukyus, soldiers of the 77th division raise the stars and stripes--the first American flag to be planted on soil in the Japanese home empire. The ensign was given to the commander of company A, 1st infantry battalion of the 77th by Coast Guard Lieut. John H. Judge, skipper of a Coast Guard-manned LST which landed troops in the operation a few days before the major assault on Okinawa. The flag raising followed comparatively light resistance to the landing. Lieutenant Judge lives in Belmont, Mass. This picture is an excerpt from a Coast Guard movie film flown back from the Ryukyus.
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