Title:
Documentary-Nisei Soldiers Returning the Flag of 442nd to the President
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
c. 1965
Identifier:
92.97.138
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom center: H. Sugimoto. Written on back, top center: Nisei Soldiers Returning the Flag of the 442nd
Regiment to the President
Description:
Stretched and framed. U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry presenting 442nd Regimental Combat Team flag to President Harry S.
Truman in Washington D.C. A soldier stands in profile at left extending a flag with an eagle displayed, facing left, holding
a banner, " 442nd Regiment Infantry," with five lances in its right claw and a branch in its left claw on a field of blue
bordered by yellow fringe. A taller, older Caucasian man faces the viewer as he grasps the flag staff with both hands. He
is dressed in brown and wears a hat and glasses. Six soldiers stand behind them at attention with bayonets attached to rifles.
All soldiers are dressed in tan uniform, brown boots and tie, and dark grey helmet. In the background the nation's Capitol
is visible in blue under a dusky brown and yellow sky.
Subject:
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Truman, Harry S.
Soldiers
Japanese Americans
Flags
Bayonets
Firearms
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)