US veteran fulfills Japanese soldier's family's decades-long dream
U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war. The search for the flag's original ...
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Flags once carried by fallen Japanese soldiers in WWII returned to families by 2 Long Island collectors
Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World War II — the only trace of some soldiers whose bodies were never ...
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Returning relics to heal scars of war
People across the United States have been mailing Japanese flags to an office in Oregon. The banners are “heirlooms” kept by American families over the decades. Many are from World War Two ...
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Perry’s lost flag replicated, given to descendant of U.S. immigrant
The original flag was burnt during World War II because his grandfather and other family members feared they would be persecuted as the offspring of Americans, Japan’s enemy at the time ...
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Five things you may not know about Japan
The Japanese military include Sun rays on their emblems. The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu’s great-great-grandmother too. According to Japanese tradition, the sun goddess ...
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That iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima? CU prof, then a Marine, saw it happen
As it turned out, the Japanese had heavily fortified the island and had a dense network of tunnels from which they could launch attacks. The flag raised atop Mount Suribachi Back on the line the ...