American and United Nations car flags used by General Douglas MacArthur...

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American and United Nations car flags used by General Douglas MacArthur Pair of General MacArthur's car flags, each measuring 16 x 11 in. (406 x 279 mm.) - one being a 48-star American flag with yellow fringe; the other being a blue and white United Nations flag with yellow fringe, used by General Douglas MacArthur during his tenure as commander of UN forces in Korea. A few minor creases and light soiling, but clean overall and still bright. Douglas MacArthur's 48-star American and United Nations car flags, bestowed to his closest aide, General Courtney Whitney. MacArthur gave these flags to his closest aide, General Courtney Whitney (1897-1969). Whitney first entered the U.S. Army in 1916 as a private in the District of Columbia National Guard, and in 1918 accepted a second lieutenant's commission and became a member of the newly-formed Army Air Service as a pursuit pilot at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. After receiving his law degree from George Washington University, he left the service in 1927 to open a legal practice in the Philippines. In 1940, Whitey returned to active duty and worked briefly as an intelligence officer with the 14th Air Force in China before Douglas MacArthur requested that he be assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater. He began serving on MacArthur's staff in 1944 following the liberation of the Philippines. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Whitney accompanied MacArthur to Japan and became Chief of the Government Section at General Headquarters. Together with Lieutenant Colonel Milo Rowell, he drafted the Constitution of Japan. He remained on MacArthur's staff throughout the American occupation of Japan and during the Korean War. He resigned his commission in protest after Harry Truman removed MacArthur from command in 1951. In 1956, Whitney published a biography of his former boss: MacArthur: His Rendezvous With History. Provenance: General Courtney Whitney passed these flags to his son, Richard Whitney. Each flag is accompanied with a signed letter of authenticity by Richard's wife, Donna Whitney.