Flag Raising Over Ponape Photograph

American and Japanese forces stand together at attention as the "Stars and Stripes" are raised over Ponape on September 12, 1945.  The man and woman in the left foreground are believed to be the Etscheidts, Belgian nationals who were interred during the Japanese occupation.

Photograph: U.S. Marine Corps (via Frank E. Acker)

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