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Another banner year for Japan's flag master
And blue wasn't the most difficult color. "The hardest was actually the one used in our own flag -- red," he says. Japan's flag is white with a red circle in the middle. But until 1999 there was ...
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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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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 ...
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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
The resulting image captured both MacArthur and the Perry flag, encased in glass above and to the left of the general. A ...
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 ...