000004767 001__ 4767 000004767 005__ 20230914041703.0 000004767 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4WQ0273 000004767 037__ $$aDA 000004767 245__ $$aJapanese battle flag 000004767 269__ $$a1940 000004767 336__ $$aStill image 000004767 520__ $$aJapanese flag 000004767 520__ $$aMedical Museum Collection, 77-149.1.36 000004767 520__ $$aca. 1940? 000004767 520__ $$aDigital 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 000004767 520__ $$aIsVersionOf flag script_small.jpg 000004767 540__ $$fCC BY 000004767 542__ $$fIn Copyright 000004767 650__ $$ajapan 000004767 650__ $$aWorld War II$$035994 000004767 650__ $$aMilitary Medicine$$022314 000004767 8564_ $$9379baa8f-263f-4732-befd-03d84fa7e4a3$$s7080002$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4767/files/fc30d95423eafd396baf077b65f645a8.jpg 000004767 905__ $$a/rest/prod/5h/73/pw/48/5h73pw48b 000004767 980__ $$aHistorical Collections and Archives