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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...
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posted 2024-08-28 20:44
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staffA New York man spent seven years working with a nonprofit to find the family of a Japanese soldier A man in New York inherited a "Yosegaki Hinomaru" banner, also known as a good luck flag, from his grandfather — who served the United States during World War II. Scott Stein told Fox News Digital in an email ...
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posted 2024-08-27 17:30
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staffTOKYO — A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. soldier who served in the Philippines during World War II, has returned home. The signature-covered flag was taken as a war trophy by the late Bernard Stein, who fought in the Philippines as a member of the U.S. Army’s 38th Infantry Division, known as the A...
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posted 2024-07-06 12:56
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staffTriad City Beat featured our effort: 「寄せ書き日の丸（遺霊品）」返還について取り上げて頂きました Japanese WWII flags found by the GSO History Museum tell the story of loss, fami...
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posted 2024-07-02 10:39
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staffWe had a delightful visit at Columbia River Maritime Museum on June 26th. Peggy and her friend drove down from Woodland, Washington to personally deliver her father's Yosegaki Hinomaru flag, which he acquired during World War II while serving in the Navy. Additionally, we had the pleasure of meeting Karen, the Executi...
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posted 2024-06-24 23:53
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staffOBONスタッフのロイドとエリックが「寄せ書き日の丸」返還を希望された米国人からColumbia River Maritime Museumで日章旗を受け取りました。当団体では日々「寄せ書き日の丸」に対する問い合わせや依頼に真摯に対応しています。旗の所有者の中には郵送ではなく、直接に手渡したいと希望...
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posted 2024-06-03 15:21
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staffPaul Boeger, the last of our WW2 veteran friends whom we visited Japan with for the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW2 in 2015, passed away last night...
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posted 2024-05-30 07:00
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staff太平洋戦争中、フィリピン・ルソン島で戦死した香川県観音寺市の成岡明さんが戦地に持参した日章旗が、米国から７９年ぶりに遺族の元へ返還された。遺族を代表して受け取った成岡さんのおい、義一さん（６７）は「故郷に返ってきて、伯父も喜んでいるだろう」と語った。 成岡さんは１９２１年、旧三豊郡（現観音寺市...
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posted 2024-05-27 17:00
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staff 返還された日章旗と（右から）敦子さん、市男さん、マツさん。遺影が嘉吉さん 太平洋戦争で戦死した福島県田村市船引町出身の山崎嘉吉さん（享年２６）が携えていた日章旗が遺族の元に返還された。２２日、市遺族会長の鈴木正一さんから嘉吉さんのおいで同町の山崎市男さん（７３）に手渡された。 米国で遺留...
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posted 2024-05-23 12:22
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staff太平洋戦争中、フィリピンで戦死した県内の男性の遺品の日章旗が２３日、遺族のもとに返還されました。 この日章旗は、現在の観音寺市出身で、昭和２０年にフィリピンで戦死した成岡明さんの遺品で、県遺族連合会に届けられたものです。 観音寺市内で行われた返還式には、明さんのおいにあたる成岡義一さんが出席...
