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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
In July 1853, the American naval commander was ... [that] was the first American flag hoisted over Japanese soil.” The ...
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Perry’s lost flag replicated, given to descendant of U.S. immigrant
Perry arrived with a fleet of “Black Ships” off the Uraga district of today’s Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in July 1853 to call ... Stars and Stripes flag. In 1944, Japanese authorities ...