WaPo: A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II

Mikawa Ossan · 13 Sep 2024

When the only child of the soldier who originally owned the flag received it after so many years, he said the following. He apparently was born on the same day his father died in China.

Washington Post said:
"The return of my father's flag has brought a significant sense of closure," Hiyama said in an email to The Washington Post. "When I held the flag in my hands, it felt as if I could sense my father's warmth for the first time."

We get a lot of questions about these flags here, and when I saw this article I couldn't help but realize how much it can mean to the families to get them back. OBON Society does good work.

mdchachi · 13 Sep 2024

Here's another article not behind a pay wall.

Sole memento: American vet’s grandson returns WWII souvenir to Japanese son

A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. soldier who served in the Philippines during World War II, has returned home.

www.stripes.com

Mikawa Ossan · 13 Sep 2024

Was the article I linked to behind a pay wall? I tried using a gift article link, but it might not have worked...or maybe it only worked for the first person to use it.
Thank you for posting another article!

mdchachi · 13 Sep 2024

Mikawa Ossan said:
Was the article I linked to behind a pay wall? I tried using a gift article link, but it might not have worked...or maybe it only worked for the first person to use it.
Thank you for posting another article!

I think it may depend on who is clicking it and their history of clicking WaPo articles. Or like you say maybe only the first person.

WaPo: A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II

Mikawa Ossan

いかんわ！

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Sole memento: American vet’s grandson returns WWII souvenir to Japanese son

Mikawa Ossan

いかんわ！

mdchachi

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