Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
It's a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from U.S.
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He called the donation routine and said the museum has been unable to locate who gave the flag to the museum because of what he called record-keeping issues at the time.
A flag carried by a Japanese soldier who was killed during World War II is returning to his family
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