Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World ...

Students at Comsewogue High School in the Comsewogue School District have joined a cross-cultural humanitarian effort to ...

U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...

By the time World War II ended in September 1945 ... [that] was the first American flag hoisted over Japanese soil.” The description briefly mentions the flag’s role in Japan’s surrender.

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

Japanese war poems are naturally written in the stilted ... High on our glittering silver wings, <BR> We carry the flag of the Rising Sun, <BR> And wherever we may soar, <BR> No sign of enemy ...

The flag was taken to the United States as a war souvenir, but was returned in ... useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

White Flag and Red Cross In 1864 ... observe the Hague Convention of 1907 outlining the laws and customs of war. That Japanese forces did not strictly follow the Geneva Conventions is hardly ...