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Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family
A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...
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Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games
Japan actually has two rising sun flags ... and even fishermen when have a good catch like to fly the flag with the sun and beams. Current Prime Minister Yoshhide Suga, back in 2013 as cabinet ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
“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 son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when ...
New exhibit features flags from Japanese POW camp that held New Mexico Bataan survivors
The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough, at least, to ...
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Flag project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
More than 60 people signed an American flag that bears more than 500 names of Japanese internment camp survivors during a ceremony at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple on Aug. 15, 2021. Photo by ...