“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 ...

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.

Japan's national flag is simply a red disc on a white background - and no-one has a problem with that one. Getty Images Japanese soldiers during WWII and the country's modern-day navy The rising ...

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 ...