A WWII vets quest to return a Japanese "good luck" flag to the family of the owner.

rolandtg · 05-29-2017, 11:25 AM

http://missoulian.com/news/local/goi...f1aca0fe4.html

ecoman · 05-30-2017, 03:45 PM

That's really cool. My grandfather brought back one of those flags back from Okinawa. I had a good friend have his wife look at the flag to translate the messages. She told me the man's name was Hideo Oshiro. She told me she thought this Japanese soldier was a very young man, based on the messages. She said some of the send off messages were things like "you're becoming a man". She told me he was likely a Okinawan, based on his surname.

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ecoman User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Oregon Posts: 8 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	That's really cool. My grandfather brought back one of those flags back from Okinawa. I had a good friend have his wife look at the flag to translate the messages. She told me the man's name was Hideo Oshiro. She told me she thought this Japanese soldier was a very young man, based on the messages. She said some of the send off messages were things like "you're becoming a man". She told me he was likely a Okinawan, based on his surname.