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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
31-star wool American flag, recently modified after California’s 1850 entry as the Union’s latest state. Sent by the United ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, 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 ...