Bernard Stein never talked about his combat experiences in Southeast Asia during World War II ... the flags were known in Japan as Yosegaki Hinomaru, interpreted as “a collection of writing ...

TOKYO — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by ... The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII ...

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.

(John Oliva/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP) 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 ...

They look like a Japanese flag with writing all over it ... especially those that are not exclusively focused on World War II, keeping an object that has a strong spiritual meaning to another ...

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 ...

A few dozen Cedar City residents got to view a rare piece of history on Friday when a Japanese flag signed by 189 American soldiers during World War II made its way to the library. It's a flag ...

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 ...

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.

For Scott Stein, the act of returning the flag felt like fulfilling a larger purpose. (Representational) Scott Stein had always admired the Japanese flag that hung in his grandfather's den on Long ...