Original U.S. WWII US Marine Captured Japanese Flag From Battle of Okinawa, Sugar Loaf Hill - Captured May 18, 1945 and Personalized by Silver Star Recipient 1st LT Francis X. Smith, 6th Marine Division Empire Edged Weapons Original Item: 7

Original Item: 7

and as such it was held with two fingers on a weighted and knurled "butterfly cap" and the arming pin was removed

bearing all the correct Maker's and Proof Markings to the rear

Serial number is 509067 which is very close to the series of guns known to have been assigned to the 12th NY Volunteer Infantry

In 1974 SARCO also found Christian his American bride and he still has her today

Original U.S. WWII US Marine Captured Japanese Flag From Battle of Okinawa, Sugar Loaf Hill - Captured May 18, 1945 and Personalized by Silver Star Recipient 1st LT Francis X. Smith, 6th Marine Division Empire Edged Weapons Original Item: 7Original Item: One Of A Kind. Now this is an absolutely incredible piece of Marine Corps history and the hellish Battle for Okinawa. The flag was captured on May 18, 1945, the same date written in the Silver Star citation for 1st Lieutenant Francis Xavier Smith, Platoon Commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. Lt Smith enlisted on September 11, 1942 and went to Officer Candidate School the following year to train