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The Japanese Flag Unfurled
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Within a few years of the arrival of the first Japanese troops, even Marshallese girls like these could find Japan on the map. Japan took possession of the Marshalls together with the Carolines and Marianas in 1914.

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McMahon Collection, Mitchell Library