Olympic Flag

14th July 1948: Full-length view of (L-R) Quartermaster Richardson L. Bangs, Captain John W. Anderson, Avery Brundage, President of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and John McGovern, counselor of the Olympic committee, raising an Olympic flag aboard the steamship 'America'. The American Olympic team was aboard the ship enroute to London, England, where the summer games were held. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)