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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
eight days after Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced his nation’s surrender, Bremyer’s superior at the Messenger Mail Center ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
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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 project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
Oshima, 94, was 15 years old when his family was forced to ... sparked a U.S. Supreme Court battle. One of his two flags will go to the Japanese American Museum of San Jose. He is working with ...
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Why Yuka Saso is representing a different country at this Olympic women’s golf event
Yuka Saso, who tied for ninth in Tokyo while representing the Philippines, is now carrying the Japanese flag at Le Golf National in Paris. The 23-year-old Saso was born in the Philippines to a ...
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‘Very disrespectful.' LA relocating decades-old displays for Olympic flags
The removal and relocation of displays in Los Angeles City Hall is upsetting some in the Korean and Japanese communities ...
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Flag Day
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...
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Ishiba's Election Setback Raises Red Investor Flags Over Japan
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered a substantial Political setback, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba with a fractured mandate after failing to ...
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Japan's ruling bloc loses lower house majority, a red flag for PM
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pictured during a media interview at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, as the party is set to lose its ...
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WWL Louisiana Exclusive: Revisiting the Old Six Flags Site
NEW ORLEANS — The Old Six Flags site will soon be demolished and revitalized by Bayou Phoenix. Before demolition begins, Elvis Ross, owner of a new studio planned for the site, took ...
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Gwen Stefani Embraces Mom Duty at 10-Year-Old Son's Flag Football Game
The No Doubt lead vocalist, 55, was spotted in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 27, where she was heading to her 10-year-old son Apollo's flag football game. The "Hollaback Girl" singer was seen ...
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A 47-year-old was fatally shot at youth flag football game in Milwaukee, officials say
An adult was killed in a shooting at a youth flag football game Saturday at Milwaukee ... Milwaukee police said in a statement later that a 47-year-old was located at the game with a life ...