{"id":7763,"date":"2017-08-15T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/15\/wwii-veteran-returns-dead-japanese-soldiers-flag\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:34:07","slug":"wwii-veteran-returns-dead-japanese-soldiers-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2017\/08\/15\/wwii-veteran-returns-dead-japanese-soldiers-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII veteran returns dead Japanese soldier&#8217;s flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2084\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16019\" data-id=\"16019\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg?resize=768,534 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,711 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1067 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227119465265.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1423 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">WWII veteran Marvin Strombo, right, and Tatsuya Yasue, 89-year-old farmer, hold a Japanese flag with autographed messages which was owned by his brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Strombo has returned to the fallen soldier&#8217;s family the calligraphy-covered flag he took from the man&#8217;s body 73 years ago. (Eugene Hoshiko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2243\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16035\" data-id=\"16035\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg?resize=300,224 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg?resize=768,574 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,766 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1148 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227140259209.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1531 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Tatsuya Yasue, right, and WWII veteran Marvin Strombo walk together out from a village&#8217;s war memorial prior to a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.  (Eugene Hoshiko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1989\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16044\" data-id=\"16044\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,679 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1018 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227125358662.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1358 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">WWII veteran Marvin Strombo, center, returns to Tatsuya Yasue, left, a Japanese flag with autographed messages which was owned by his brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.  (Eugene Hoshiko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2079\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16053\" data-id=\"16053\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg?resize=768,532 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,710 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1064 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227135423042.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1419 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sayoko Furuta, right, 93, reacts as she is covered with a Japanese flag with autographed messages which was owned by her brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Eugene Hoshiko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3475\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16067\" data-id=\"16067\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg?resize=768,534 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,712 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1068 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17227208349082.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1423 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">WWII veteran Marvin Strombo, center right, and Tatsuya Yasue, center left, pose with their relatives for photographers in front of a Japanese flag with autographed messages that was owned by his brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a press conference after a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (Eugene Hoshiko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1994\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16077\" data-id=\"16077\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17226457624946-Copy.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1361 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">In this Aug. 14, 2017, photo, Tatsuya Yasue, 89-year-old farmer, shows a photo of his brother Sadao Yasue, who fell in battle during the war in Pacific more than 70 years ago, in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan&#8217;s Gifu prefecture.  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