TY - GEN AB - Japanese flag AB - Medical Museum Collection, 77-149.1.36 AB - ca. 1940? AB - Digital scan of a Japanese Battle Flag. Made of coarse cotton, signed by American Military Personnel. These WWII "meatball" flags were often tied to a bayonet or mounted on a rifle. During World War II the Japanese hinomaru or sun disk, which appeared as a large red disk on aircraft, vehicles and flags, was derisively called "meatball" by Allied forces. Donated by Roger H. Keane, MD in 1945 AB - IsVersionOf flag script_small.jpg DA - 1940 DO - 10.6083/M4WQ0273 DO - DOI ID - 4767 KW - japan KW - World War II KW - Military Medicine L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg N2 - Japanese flag N2 - Medical Museum Collection, 77-149.1.36 N2 - ca. 1940? N2 - Digital scan of a Japanese Battle Flag. Made of coarse cotton, signed by American Military Personnel. These WWII "meatball" flags were often tied to a bayonet or mounted on a rifle. During World War II the Japanese hinomaru or sun disk, which appeared as a large red disk on aircraft, vehicles and flags, was derisively called "meatball" by Allied forces. Donated by Roger H. Keane, MD in 1945 N2 - IsVersionOf flag script_small.jpg PY - 1940 T1 - Japanese battle flag TI - Japanese battle flag UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg Y1 - 1940 ER -