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Japanese ww2 flag my great grandfather took

Williamejee

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My great grandfather ripped this off a guy in ww2. I'm having trouble translating it can anyone help? I also have an 1000 stitch belt, I believe the mans name is hisashi but I'm clueless for the rest.

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my grandfather was on one of those islands, I don't know witch one, and he ripped this flag and belt off a guy after killing him. While looting the Japanese man he found a picture of that mans family and saw that that man had the same family members he had. A brother, sister, mother and father He took the belt home to honor him. it's supposed to be an 1000 stitch belt
 

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Indeed the left end kanji of the belt can be read Hisashi, and it can be a male given name, but actually what's written there is a patriotic slogan 武運長久 Eternal Good Luck in Battle.

Your flag is reversed. That's the back side. The recipient's name is 高橋梅二 Takahashi Umeji. There is only one slogan 祈武運長久 Hope Your Eternal Good Luck in Battle on the flag, and the rest are all signatures.
 
Indeed the left end kanji of the belt can be read Hisashi, and it can be a male given name, but actually what's written there is a patriotic slogan 武運長久 Eternal Good Luck in Battle.

Your flag is reversed. That's the back side. The recipient's name is 高橋梅二 Takahashi Umeji. There is only one slogan 祈武運長久 Hope Your Eternal Good Luck in Battle on the flag, and the rest are all signatures.
Damn, thanks! Your insane at translation! It's been backwards for like 70 years!
 
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