A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family ...

Toshihiro Mutsuda, the elderly son of Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, second left, with Rex Ziak, co-founder and president Obon Society, adjusts his father's good luck flag to their family ...

On these flags, the soldier’s name is printed and they're signed by family and friends to wish the soldier good luck in coming back home safely. Japanese soldiers carried them during the war.

A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family ...

USS Lexington Museum executive director Steve Banta, left, and Toshihiro Mutsuda, the elderly son of Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, hold together Mutsuda's good luck flag during the handover ...

The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier’s name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck.

USS Lexington Museum executive director Steve Banta, left, and Toshihiro Mutsuda, the elderly son of Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, hold together Mutsuda's good luck flag during the handover ...

It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US by: MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Posted: Jul 29, 2023 / 11:25 AM CDT ...