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A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II
she said the OBON Society has returned more than 600 World War II-era Japanese flags to soldiers’ families. She estimates there are probably another 50,000 good luck flags still unaccounted for ...
U.S. Army veteran brings WWII good luck flag home to Japanese family
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.
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Flags once carried by fallen Japanese soldiers in WWII returned to families by 2 Long Island collectors
Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru ... only 71,974 Americans remain missing from all theaters of World War II. Kazufumai Hamai, a Teikyo University ...
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Comsewogue students join effort to reunite Japanese families with World War II ‘Good Luck Flags’
Students at Comsewogue High School in the Comsewogue School District have joined a cross-cultural humanitarian effort to ...
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US veteran fulfills Japanese soldier's family's decades-long dream
JAPAN, — A World War II-era "good luck" flag has ... 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 ...
Hegseth joins WWII memorial service on his first trip to Japan and vows to strengthen alliance
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while ...
Hegseth hails ‘warrior ethos’ between US and Japan at Iwo Jima memorial
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hailed the “shared warrior ethos” between the US and Japan Saturday on Iwo Jiwa, where he attended a memorial service for those who died ...