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The Good Luck Flag (寄せ書き日の丸, yosegaki hinomaru) was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan, most notably during World War II. The flag was typically a national flag signed by friends and family, often with short messages wishing the soldier victory, safety and good ...
The flag of Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県旗, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken ki, Okinawan: Uchināchin hata) is a white field charged in the center with the prefectural emblem, which consists of three circles stacked on top of each other. The two inner circles are positioned upwards; the outermost and innermost circles are red and the middle ...
The Pacific War, a major theater of World War II, further intensified Japan's engagements, leading to significant confrontations with Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Although initially successful, Japan took significant losses at the Battle of Midway. In addition, Japan met significant setbacks in China.
Teary eyes filled the room as 93-year-old World War II veteran Marvin Strombo handed the flag of a fallen Japanese soldier to his brother and sister.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags be flown at half mast Thursday in honor of a World War II event. ... 1941 surprise Japanese military attack on a U.S. Naval base in Hawaii during World War II. ...
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.
The ensign, known in Japanese as the Jyūrokujō-Kyokujitsuki (十六条旭日旗), was first adopted as the war flag on 15 May 1870, and was used until the end of World War II in 1945. It was re-adopted on 30 June 1954, and is now used as the war flag and naval ensign of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the Japan Maritime Self ...
DOVER ‒ No one seems to know how a burial flag meant for the family of World War II veteran Thomas J. Ayers Jr. of Dover ended up at a VFW post in Fredericksburg, Va.