The Japan Times3d
‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...
US veteran fulfills Japanese soldier's family's decades-long dream
U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
The Hindu2y
The raising of the flag over Iwo Jima - the story behind the photograph
The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles fought during the United States Pacific campaign against Japan, during World War Two. The 36-day battle for control of the tiny island of ...
CU Boulder News & Events1mon
That iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima? CU prof, then a Marine, saw it happen
As it turned out, the Japanese had heavily fortified the island and had a ... “As I looked, I suddenly saw the American flag flying. I couldn’t see anything else that was that far away, but I saw the ...
PBS6y
Occupation of Japan and the New Constitution
The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur made his way by automobile toward the American Embassy ... our country's flag unfurled, and ...
朝日新聞社3y
Replica of Perry’s flag connects his descendant with kin of recipient
However, when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941, Nathaniel’s grandson, who was Takashi’s grandfather, and other family members burned Perry's American flag for fear of persecution.
Newsday13d
Flags once carried by fallen Japanese soldiers in WWII returned to families by 2 Long Island collectors
Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World War II — the only trace of some soldiers whose bodies were never ...