Keywords: outdoor serene sea water surreal sunset 127-GW-1615-136767: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The American Flag is raised over the crest of a mountain overlooking the suburban town of Tahjma just outside the city of Sasebo, Japan, by Sergeant Albert F. Hoffman, right, and Private William E. Briggs, left, who guide “Old Glory” to the top of a crude Japanese flagpole, using a piece of communication wire as a pulley as members of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, a unit of 5th Marine Division , look on, at attention. Photographed by Corporal Bob Campbell, September 25, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/10/25). 127-GW-1615-136767: Occupation of Japan, 1945. The American Flag is raised over the crest of a mountain overlooking the suburban town of Tahjma just outside the city of Sasebo, Japan, by Sergeant Albert F. Hoffman, right, and Private William E. Briggs, left, who guide “Old Glory” to the top of a crude Japanese flagpole, using a piece of communication wire as a pulley as members of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, a unit of 5th Marine Division , look on, at attention. Photographed by Corporal Bob Campbell, September 25, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/10/25). |