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 Each Martini-Henry bears a date

Each Martini-Henry bears a date from the 1880's (Dates vary within the 1880’s)

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

through the disastrous winter that followed

100th Infantry Division returned to the United States via the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on 10 January 1946

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 Each Martini-Henry bears a dateOriginal 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