[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 ...

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.

U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...

The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...

The original flag was burnt during World ... who was Takashi’s uncle. Despite his American ancestry, he was killed fighting U.S. troops as a Japanese soldier. “He was still in his mid-20s ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

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 ...

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 ...