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投稿日 2024-12-14 05:10
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staffPlease click the link below to check out the final edition of the Ed Johann Pearl Harbor newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/f36645c297b0/pearl-harbor-edition-part-5-eds-final-chapter
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投稿日 2024-12-10 06:59
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staffClick the link below to discover more incredible stories about our Pearl Harbor friend, Ed Johann, featured in Part 4 of our Pearl Harbor Edition. https://mailchi.mp/5624c7bc15e7/pearl-harbor-edition-part-4
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投稿日 2024-12-04 00:00
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staff毎日新聞が滋賀県甲賀にて執り行われました【前川雪夫】命日章旗返還式について記事を掲載してくださいました。 ー「関心深めること必要」県戦没者追悼式 遺族ら350人参列 甲賀 ー 平和祈念県戦没者追悼式と戦争遺留品返還式が1日、甲賀市水口町の甲賀市あいこうか市民ホールで営まれた。当初は8月31日に開催予...
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投稿日 2024-09-19 02:00
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staffMAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Like many World War II veterans, U.S. Army Cpl. Arthur G. Thompson, serving with the 117th Engineer Regiment, returned home with souvenirs from his time at war. Among them was a Japanese flag that he found after the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. As years passed, Thompson...
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投稿日 2024-08-29 12:44
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staffA New York man spent seven years working with a nonprofit to find the family of a Japanese soldier A man in New York inherited a "Yosegaki Hinomaru" banner, also known as a good luck flag, from his grandfather — who served the United States during World War II. Scott Stein told Fox News Digital in an email ...
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投稿日 2024-08-28 09:30
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staffTOKYO — A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. soldier who served in the Philippines during World War II, has returned home. The signature-covered flag was taken as a war trophy by the late Bernard Stein, who fought in the Philippines as a member of the U.S. Army’s 38th Infantry Division, known as the A...
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投稿日 2024-07-07 04:56
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staffTriad City Beat featured our effort: 「寄せ書き日の丸（遺霊品）」返還について取り上げて頂きました Japanese WWII flags found by the GSO History Museum tell the story of loss, fami...
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投稿日 2024-07-03 02:39
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staffWe had a delightful visit at Columbia River Maritime Museum on June 26th. Peggy and her friend drove down from Woodland, Washington to personally deliver her father's Yosegaki Hinomaru flag, which he acquired during World War II while serving in the Navy. Additionally, we had the pleasure of meeting Karen, the Executi...
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投稿日 2024-06-25 15:53
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staffOBONスタッフのロイドとエリックが「寄せ書き日の丸」返還を希望された米国人からColumbia River Maritime Museumで日章旗を受け取りました。当団体では日々「寄せ書き日の丸」に対する問い合わせや依頼に真摯に対応しています。旗の所有者の中には郵送ではなく、直接に手渡したいと希望...
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投稿日 2024-06-04 07:21
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staffPaul Boeger, the last of our WW2 veteran friends whom we visited Japan with for the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW2 in 2015, passed away last night...
