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posted 2024-12-07 09:21
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staffPlease click the link below to read about Ed Johann's remarkable experience at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when he was just 18 years old. https://mailchi.mp/ebdae654c80d/pearl-harbor-edition-part-3
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posted 2024-12-05 10:52
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staffClick the link below to discover the incredible story of Ed Johann, our first Pearl Harbor connection. He worked aboard the USS Solace, and his journey is nothing short of extraordinary! https://mailchi.mp/67987b90ac07/pearl-harbor-edition-part-2
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posted 2024-12-05 10:46
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staffOBON SOCIETY is proud to share that we have two direct connections to individuals who were present at Pearl Harbor. Click the link below to read the latest Pearl Harbor Edition newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/013195217276/pearl-harbor-edition
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posted 2024-12-03 07:00
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staff毎日新聞が滋賀県甲賀にて執り行われました【前川雪夫】命日章旗返還式について記事を掲載してくださいました。 ー「関心深めること必要」県戦没者追悼式 遺族ら350人参列 甲賀 ー 平和祈念県戦没者追悼式と戦争遺留品返還式が1日、甲賀市水口町の甲賀市あいこうか市民ホールで営まれた。当初は8月31日に開催予...
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posted 2024-10-12 19:59
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staffPlease join us for a special Zoom presentation on Thursday, October 24th hosted by the USS Missouri. We recently received three Yosegaki Hinomaru during a Flag Transfer Ceremony held in the Captain's cabin on board USS Missouri in October 3rd. We hope to share our on going efforts to further deepen the people-to...
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posted 2024-10-04 18:50
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staffWWII Japanese flags given to group for return to soldiers' familiesThree Japanese flags kept at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Hawaii have been donated to a group working to return World War Two relics to families of Japanese servicemen.The flags were entrusted to the memorial at Pearl Harbor by former US servi...
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posted 2024-10-04 17:45
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staff来年で第2次世界大戦の終結から80年となるのを前に、アメリカ ハワイの戦艦ミズーリ記念館に所蔵されていた日章旗3枚が3日、遺族に日章旗などを返還する活動をしている団体に引き渡されました。 引き渡されたのは、ハワイの戦艦ミズーリ記念館に所蔵されてきた寄せ書き入りの3枚の日章旗です。日章旗は3日、...
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posted 2024-09-27 18:00
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staff【BSS山陰放送】令和６年８月２５日に鳥取県日南の日南町役場で執り行われました「火山行一命日章旗返還」について「BSS山陰放送が」番組を放送して下さいました。 ー戦争に引き裂かれた親子 息子が生まれた日に出征し満州で戦死した父親…初めての遺品が約80年の時をこえて息子に返還ー...
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posted 2024-09-24 17:00
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staff令和６年８月２５日鳥取県日野郡日南町にて執り行われました「火山行一命日章旗返還」につきまして日南町の広報誌に記事が掲載されました。...
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posted 2024-09-18 10:00
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staffMAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Like many World War II veterans, U.S. Army Cpl. Arthur G. Thompson, serving with the 117th Engineer Regiment, returned home with souvenirs from his time at war. Among them was a Japanese flag that he found after the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. As years passed, Thompson...
