Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru or ... only 71,974 Americans remain missing from all theaters of World War II. Kazufumai Hamai, a Teikyo University ...

U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and unity across generations.

JAPAN, — A World War II-era "good ... a cherished connection to a life lost too soon. “They had all made a promise to search for this flag, and they were deeply grateful it was returned ...

However, for the two Koreas, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Asian nations, it is a symbol of the war atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the past. That is why flying the flag at the ...

The organization recently removed all 22 Arizona Tribal Nation flags that were on display at ... in World War II when they sent messages on Japanese troop movement and tactics in their Native ...

“When we learned all of this, and that the family would ... “We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.” The soldier's eldest ...

They say time heals all wounds, but sometimes the healing ... People across the United States have been mailing Japanese flags to an office in Oregon. The banners are “heirlooms” kept by ...