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A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family
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A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family
By Ken Miller, The Associated Press
Jul 21, 01:45 PM
Co-founder and president of OBON Society Rex Ziak, left, and USS Lexington Museum on the Bay's executive director Steve Banta display Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's good luck flag during a Japanese good luck flag repatriation ceremony aboard the museum in Corpus Christi, Texas, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (John Oliva/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
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.
Known as a Good Luck Flag, it is covered with the signatures of Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, his family and friends. The Corpus Christi museum where it was displayed for 29 years gave the flag to the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags, known as non-biological human remains, to descendants of Japanese service members killed during the war.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley PV2 Scott M. PO1 Lyndon Thomas SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa
A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family
By Ken Miller, The Associated Press
Jul 21, 01:45 PM
Co-founder and president of OBON Society Rex Ziak, left, and USS Lexington Museum on the Bay's executive director Steve Banta display Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's good luck flag during a Japanese good luck flag repatriation ceremony aboard the museum in Corpus Christi, Texas, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (John Oliva/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
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.
Known as a Good Luck Flag, it is covered with the signatures of Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, his family and friends. The Corpus Christi museum where it was displayed for 29 years gave the flag to the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags, known as non-biological human remains, to descendants of Japanese service members killed during the war.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley PV2 Scott M. PO1 Lyndon Thomas SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa
A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family
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Something that can only happen in America. Can you picture the Russians making such a gesture?
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Am I the only one who has some negative feelings towards the Axis Powers that destroyed millions of human lives, especially the experiences of American troops in the Japanese Death Marches?
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