The flag has been in use since 1191, and was re-adopted after World War II on May 1, 1945. Known as the "Maple Leaf Flag," the Canadian flag has two colors — red, derived from St. George’s ...

World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to the land of the rising sun to personally return a Japanese flag he had taken from Sadao Yasue during the ...

A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family.

Eighty years ago this week, U.S. Marines landed on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, 660 miles south of Tokyo. Iwo Jima was a key objective to win World War ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day ...

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.