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Posted: 12/6/2016 7:26:20 PM EDT

I was telling my wife about what a brain-trust this site is and she's issued a challenge, sort of. She posted this on IMGUR but no one there has an answer. What's the significance of the flag in the picture?

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:28:11 PM EDT

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Rules.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:28:32 PM EDT

[#2]

Rules.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:29:25 PM EDT

[#3]

The number of sandwiches she should be making.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:29:30 PM EDT

[#4]

They never follow the rules.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:30:03 PM EDT

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She abides.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:30:40 PM EDT

[#6]

Is it guessing if I use Google?

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:30:43 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 7:32:33 PM EDT

[#8]

ETA: Nevermind

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:33:03 PM EDT

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I will break the rule and guess.
How many service members died in that community.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:33:12 PM EDT

[#10]

That's Navy, so it probably has something to do with buttsex.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:33:18 PM EDT

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It appears to be just a service flag... they had them for more than just families. Universities and others did them as well.

Examples:
https://jimnicar.com/2016/05/29/a-flag-full-of-stars/
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/ford/dixtwpww1soldiers.html

eta: it's probably a city service flag they were carrying during a parade or something similar.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:36:50 PM EDT

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Flag to show how many are serving or had died from a community would be my guess

Edit:

According to my wife the flag on the right could be that many from a family.

Example: A mother could have 7 kids, and those kids would have
kids (grand kids) and many would be fighting age at the same time.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:39:09 PM EDT

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Gonna go ahead and guess how many crew members on their ship died?

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:39:47 PM EDT

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This. There's one in our local museum.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:44:37 PM EDT

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She looks pissed you made her pose for a photo and kept her from makin' sammich.

Cute anyway.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:50:07 PM EDT

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I told her there were rules.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:51:38 PM EDT

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~~God dammit, the RULES~~
whoops, that's what I get for not reading the thread

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:53:10 PM EDT

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your tank icon looks like a japaleeno

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:54:25 PM EDT

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BOY! Did you marry up

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:55:30 PM EDT

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Attached File

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:56:23 PM EDT

[#21]

Polygamous family service member flag.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:58:14 PM EDT

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Is that all of the picture? Kinda looks like it was cropped. If you could see where it was being displayed it might help.

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:58:15 PM EDT

[#23]

No clue about flag but pic looks like she is thinking about kicking your ass for posting on ARFCOM

Posted: 12/6/2016 7:58:43 PM EDT

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She looks pissed you made her pose for a photo and kept her from makin' sammich.

Cute anyway.

I told her there were rules.

He in terrible trouble now

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:04:53 PM EDT

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50 Star Union Jack Flag: US Navy

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:07:48 PM EDT

[#26]

She looks like Claudia Christian (from Babylon 5), except prettier.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:11:35 PM EDT

[#27]

Number of people the Clintons have killed?

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:16:01 PM EDT

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"Guess what this means"

"Please don't guess"

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:16:14 PM EDT

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The flag is not big enough for that

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:16:54 PM EDT

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Looks like 55 stars to me. And sailors wouldn't put them on all wonky like that.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:19:12 PM EDT

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I'm going with a Navy Union Jack Flag.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:23:39 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/6/2016 8:25:14 PM EDT

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Pretty woman. She can call it whatever she likes.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:26:27 PM EDT

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Looks like 55 stars to me. And sailors wouldn't put them on all wonky like that.

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It's weird that only the bottom row is pointing up

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:34:53 PM EDT

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I am going to assume it is in line with the Texas A&M Service Flag from WWI with 2200 stars for Aggies who served and 55 Gold Stars for the ones who died in service to America.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:39:06 PM EDT

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It looks like a navy jack but the star count doesn't match the time period.

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:40:11 PM EDT

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That's a service flag, just for a larger group.

Those stars are not upside down by accident, they are for missing service members. (blue stars, upside down stars, red rings have all been used and mean different stuff.)

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:40:47 PM EDT

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You would think that since I'm both a vet and an aggie I'd know about that

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:46:58 PM EDT

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Why use imgur?

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:48:02 PM EDT

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You would think that since I'm both a vet and an aggie I'd know about that

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I am going to assume it is in line with the Texas A&M Service Flag from WWI with 2200 stars for Aggies who served and 55 Gold Stars for the ones who died in service to America.

You would think that since I'm both a vet and an aggie I'd know about that

pretty close if you look at the center

Posted: 12/6/2016 8:48:13 PM EDT

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I am going to assume it is in line with the Texas A&M Service Flag from WWI with 2200 stars for Aggies who served and 55 Gold Stars for the ones who died in service to America.

You would think that since I'm both a vet and an aggie I'd know about that

Took me a minute to track it down.

Aggie Service Flag - Click Here

Apparently beat by 11 seconds. I cannot track down the picture of larger scale Flag but based on dimensions of what I saw scaled up it would be about right size for the Large version done in 1942

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:00:01 PM EDT

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Here is one for sale.

Not as many stars, but same layout and upside down stars.

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:11:57 PM EDT

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So just to recap...

1) Upside down blue star is for serviceman who is MIA
2) right side up blue star is for serviceman who is deployed in field of combat
3) right side up gold star is for serviceman who is deceased in combat

? (Serious question. Trying to understand this.)

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:15:49 PM EDT

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She abides.

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You're married to Diane Lane? Lucky guy.

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:27:30 PM EDT

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So just to recap...

1) Upside down blue star is for serviceman who is MIA
2) right side up blue star is for serviceman who is deployed in field of combat
3) right side up gold star is for serviceman who is deceased in combat

? (Serious question. Trying to understand this.)

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Depends on who made the flag and when, but generally yes.

To add, a gold cross in the middle of a blue star is WIA. Inverted Blue star with red ring would mean POW, gold ring would mean decorated for valor. Red cross for a nurse, chaplains cross for a chaplain, all kinds of stuff has been used.

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:27:47 PM EDT

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No ideas here but you have a pretty wife. I bet you married up

Posted: 12/6/2016 9:30:22 PM EDT

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So just to recap...

1) Upside down blue star is for serviceman who is MIA
2) right side up blue star is for serviceman who is deployed in field of combat
3) right side up gold star is for serviceman who is deceased in combat

? (Serious question. Trying to understand this.)

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This matches my research as well. Add to it you are looking at a WWI pic of sailors carrying that flag in a war zone and I am lead to believe we are looking at a campaign flag for a ship that was sunk, the inverted stars signifying the missing and the upright stars signifying the dead. You are looking for a ship lost during WWI with 55 casualties. 10 dead and 45 missing...

Best I can do.