“It’s called a good luck flag — every Japanese soldier carried one into ... it felt as if I could sense my father’s warmth for the first time.” Hiyama said his mother, Asae Hiyama ...

[that] was the first American flag hoisted over Japanese soil.” The description briefly mentions the flag’s role in Japan’s surrender. No major Hollywood movie productions tell the story of ...

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 ...