U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...

Marines were particularly interested in Japanese “good luck flags,” which bore well wishes from friends ... “The Steven Spielberg-directed movie was the real thing,” he says. “When the invasion scenes ...

On August 24, 1944, the USS Hake, a Gato-class submarine, spotted an unusual warship in the moonlit waters of Dasol Bay. Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Haylor was stunned to see what appeared to be an ...

Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World ...

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

The Japanese military include Sun rays on their emblems. The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu’s great-great-grandmother too. According to Japanese tradition, the sun goddess ...

However, for the two Koreas, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Asian nations, it is a symbol of the war atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the past. That is why flying the flag at the ...

World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to the land of the rising sun to personally return a Japanese flag he had taken from Sadao Yasue during the ...