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A Japanese soldier’s flag hung in a U.S. museum. It finally came home.
Researchers found a World War II-era "good luck flag" that belonged to a Japanese soldier in a Texas museum. They returned it to his family in a Tokyo ceremony.
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A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II - MSN
Bernard Stein never talked about his combat experiences in Southeast Asia during World War II, but he’d brought the flag home as a war trophy after fighting with the U.S. Army’s 38th Infantry ...
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U.S. museum returns WWII Japanese soldier's 'good luck' flag - NPR
The flag belonging to Shigeyoshi Mutsuda was returned to his son from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 ... who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action.
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Japanese emperor and his family greet flag-waving crowd at the palace for New Year's - Yahoo
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. “I feel for those who are still greatly ...
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Raising the Rising Sun: Japanese warship expected to fly naval ensign in South Korea - Stars and Stripes
However, the flag is also associated with Imperial Japan, which waged war in the Pacific during World War II, and with Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
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Flag Japanese Soldier Carried in WWII Returns From US
TOKYO — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US - KPLC 7 News
TOKYO (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an ...
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Flag of Japanese soldier killed in WWII returned from U.S.
Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. Related Photo Gallery U.S. museum returns WWII Japanese soldier ...
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Flag that slain Japanese soldier carried in WWII returns from US - KOAT Channel 7
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.
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US - KLTV 7
TOKYO (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an ...
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It's a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US - ClickOrlando
Toshihiro Mutsuda was only five years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action.