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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow31-star wool American flag, recently modified after California’s 1850 entry as the Union’s latest state. Sent by the United ...
Among them was a Japanese flag he found after the Battle of Luzon in the Philippines. As years passed, Thompson often expressed his desire to find the family of the Japanese solider who carried it ...
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