投稿日 2022-02-22 00:00
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79年ぶりに帰ってきた兄ちゃん(2022/2/2 北見局記者 徳田亮祐) 「ああ、兄ちゃんが帰ってきた」 ぼろぼろに破れて色あせた日章旗を受け取った時の気持ちを女性はそう語りました。 令和3年(2021年)11月、アメリカから北海道北見市に住む女性のもとに、突然、日章旗が届きました。79年前、太平洋...
投稿日 2022-02-03 17:00
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Navy vet’s daughter returns Japanese flag taken as war trophy from Battle of Okinawa. TOKYO — A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. Navy sailo...
投稿日 2022-01-21 17:00
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WWII soldier's good-luck flag returned from US to grandson in southwest Japan OITA -- A Japanese flag thought to have been taken to battle by a soldier who died fighting in Okinawa Prefecture during the Pacific War's last days was returned to his grandson in the southwest Japan city of Oita on Jan. 16. Upon receiving hi...
投稿日 2022-01-19 02:30
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沖縄で戦死した祖父の寄せ書き日章旗 遺族のもとへ 第2次大戦中に沖縄本島で戦死した大分県藤原村(現日出町)出身の元日本兵後藤今朝治さんの遺品の日章旗が、遺族のもとに戻ってきた。米兵が米国に持ち帰っていたが、民間団体の仲介で戦後76年たって返ってきた。 孫の辰徳(よしのり)さん(45)=大分市松が丘=...
投稿日 2021-11-26 17:00
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The sepia-toned photographs, slightly larger than a business card, tumble out of a browning, mottled envelope. For what is known of the six photos, and also what is enticingly unknown, the sight of them is breathtaking. Keiko Satomi punctuates the moment. "It's just," she pauses. "It has a weight." From what can be pieced t...