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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
By the time World War II ended in September 1945 ... [that] was the first American flag hoisted over Japanese soil.” ...
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A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed during World War II is returning to his family
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 ...
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Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games
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 ...
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Flag project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
More than 60 people signed an American flag that bears more than 500 names ... They lost everything, he said, and ended up moving to Japan once the war ended. The move was particularly hard ...
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Returning relics to heal scars of war
People across the United States have been mailing Japanese flags to an office in Oregon. The banners are “heirlooms” kept by American families over the decades. Many are from World War Two ...
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Flag sheds light on 1914 sea battle Japan waged against Germany
An appraisal by the German House showed the flag is a war ensign of the S90, a torpedo boat of the German East Asia Squadron, which fought against Imperial Japanese armed forces in the Chinese ...
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Japan, POWs and the Geneva Conventions
White Flag and Red Cross In 1864 ... observe the Hague Convention of 1907 outlining the laws and customs of war. That Japanese forces did not strictly follow the Geneva Conventions is hardly ...