From collection Peggy Greenwalt Walcher, Army Nurse
12th Quartermaster Flag Donation
In 1961, Lt. Col. Kriwanek's widow donated the flag to the Quartermaster Corps and Maj. Gen. Andrew McNamara transferred it to the Quartermaster Museum.
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1961
Quartermaster Maj. Frank Kriwanek asked Army nurse, Lt. Peggy Greenwalt, to keep these colors safe as the Japanese Army invaded the Philippines. Greenwalt convinced her Japanese captors that the flag was a decorative shawl until the liberation of Manila in 1945. She returned the flag to Maj. Kriwanek following the end of the war.
Courtesy of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum.
