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Wash. Veteran Having Difficulty Repatriating Captured War Flag

Wednesday will mark the 67th anniversary of the Japanese surrender to end World War Two. With each passing anniversary, there are fewer and fewer living witnesses to the event. Time is also running low...

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Collector To Return Japanese War Flag Nearly 70 Years After Capture

A collector of World War II memorabilia has succeeded in a daunting quest thanks to help from the Japanese government. The veteran from Clarkston, Washington has found the right person to receive a...

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Aging U.S. Veterans Seek To Return Captured WWII Flags To Japan

Some aging veterans of World War II are embarking on one more mission. The object is to return Japanese flags taken as war souvenirs from Pacific battlefields.

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Aging WWII Vets Head To Tokyo To Take Care Of Some Unfinished Business

Seven Pacific Northwest veterans of World War II leave for Tokyo Thursday. They're carrying 70 captured Japanese flags to return for the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.

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Northwest Veterans To Return WWII Flags To Japanese Prime Minister

A pair of World War II veterans from the Pacific Northwest and their escorts will return 70 inscribed Japanese flags Tuesday directly to the prime minister of Japan.

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'If I Live Through This...' Oregon Navy Vet's Pearl Harbor Memories Undimmed

A survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor who now lives in Lincoln City, Oregon, has vivid memories of the surprise strike on the Pacific Fleet that pushed the U.S. into World War II. Ed...

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WWII Vet Returns Flag Taken From Fallen Japanese Soldier In 1944

A World War II veteran from the Inland Northwest traveled to a village in rural Japan Tuesday to personally return a "good luck flag" he picked up from the body of a fallen Japanese soldier on the...

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