The photo won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for photography and has come to be regarded in the United States as one of the most recognizable images of World War II. Per most accounts, the flag raising ...

“It’s called a good luck flag — every Japanese soldier carried one into battle ... of Japanese soldiers who were killed during World War II. Stein did some research online and learned ...

Bodies of about 1.2 million Japanese soldiers who ... collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World War II — the only trace of some soldiers whose bodies ...