Hosted on MSN6mon
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 ...
Hosted on MSN7mon
To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
As was customary during any visit to a foreign land, Perry’s flagship flew all of its colors, including a new hand-sewn, 31-star wool American flag ... By the time World War II ended in ...
Newsday24d
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 ...
TBR News Media12d
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 ...
WKYC321d
US veteran fulfills Japanese soldier's family's decades-long dream
JAPAN, — A World War II-era "good luck" flag has finally made its way home, thanks to the kindness and determination of U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey. Dorsey, from Dahlonega, Georgia ...
NHK2y
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 ...