A U.S. naval museum is established to return a wartime Japanese soldier’s flag to the family of its initial proprietor almost 78 years after completion of World War II, after eliminating it from the exhibit.
During an event Thursday at the center in Texas, which occurred in the garage of the Lexington, a decommissioned attack aircraft carrier, the flag of previous soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, that is currently dead, was handed to an Oregon- based company that aids discover and also supply individual products shed throughout the battle.
The Obon Society, stood for by Rex Ziak and also his other half Keiko, in addition to agents of the Lexington museum, strategy to return the Hinomaru flag, which births a “good luck” message and also some 90 “yosegaki” trademarks from individuals close to him, to Mutsuda’s family on July 29 in Tokyo.
A wartime Japanese soldier’s Hinomaru flag to be returned to his family is envisioned in …