“We never knew where he got the flag, but we knew he’d ... luck flags with the descendants of Japanese soldiers who were killed during World War II. Stein did some research online and learned ...
Like many World War II veterans ... The flag was identified as a “Good Luck Flag.” During the Pacific War, it was common for ...
HPR talked to USS Battleship Missouri Memorial curatorial assistant Molly Hagan about the practice called Yosegaki Hinomaru, ...
A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family.
Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by ... The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft ...