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Marine returnes Japanese WWII flag to original family - Sayoko Furuta mourns over her brother’s flag at Higashishirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 15, 2017. World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to personally deliver a flag he had taken from a Japanese soldier during the battle of Saipan. The heirloom was given to Sadao Yasue before he departed to the war from his family and village members. It was adorned with the signatures of all his loved ones as a symbol of good fortune. The flag is the only thing the Yasue family has been able to retrieve since their brother departed 73 years ago. The reunion was made possible by the Obon Society of Astoria, Oregon. The ceremony also took place during the Obon holiday in Japan, a holiday dedicated to going back to the place of origin of one’s family and spending time with one another. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. N.W. Huertas)

Americans dance with Japanese locals to honor ancestors - Kawamura Sayoko, a Japanese local and nursing home residents, dances the Bon-Odori during the Bon-Odori festival at Kinjuen nursing home in Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 14, 2017. Cultural Adaptation coordinated the event and invited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents to participate and celebrate the festival in the nursing home. The Obon holiday is a Japanese Buddhist custom where people honor the spirits of their ancestors. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance called the Bon-Odori. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

MCAS Iwakuni residents attend Japanese cooking class - A Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident deveins shrimp for sushi and tempura during a Japanese cooking class at Santopia in Otake, Japan, July 25, 2017. Air station residents traveled with the Cultural Adaptation Program to partake in the class where they learned to properly prepare and cook sushi, tempura and a Japanese pudding dessert. The class gave a common purpose for participants to work together and learn Japanese cooking skills that can be utilized within their own homes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

A Japanese local takes video of the scoreboard lighting during a ceremony for the upcoming completion of Kizuna Stadium in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 19, 2017. Following the scoreboard lighting, attendees witnessed the first pitch by Takahiro Sugawara, director general of Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau and toured the stadium. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego) - A Japanese local takes video of the scoreboard lighting during a ceremony for the upcoming completion of Kizuna Stadium in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 19, 2017. Following the scoreboard lighting, attendees witnessed the first pitch by Takahiro Sugawara, director general of Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau and toured the stadium. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego)

Hannah Walker, a native of Michigan and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visitor, plays with a kendama toy during a visit to Kinjuen Nursing Home in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 7, 2017. The invitation to the nursing home was set up through the MCAS Iwakuni Cultural Adaptation Program to celebrate Tanabata, also known as the star festival. It gave tenants of the air station a taste of Japanese culture and friendship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera) - Hannah Walker, a native of Michigan and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni visitor, plays with a kendama toy during a visit to Kinjuen Nursing Home in Iwakuni City, Japan, July 7, 2017. The invitation to the nursing home was set up through the MCAS Iwakuni Cultural Adaptation Program to celebrate Tanabata, also known as the star festival. It gave tenants of the air station a taste of Japanese culture and friendship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Herrera)

John Zambrano, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, drives around an instructional course during a free driving class held for station residents at Iwakuni City, Japan, June 28, 2017. The station residents learned traffic rules and manners and drove in a live course with Japanese instructors and translators. Twenty station residents were invited to take part in the short, educational workshop aimed to decrease the number of traffic accidents and violations caused by station residents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez) - John Zambrano, a Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident, drives around an instructional course during a free driving class held for station residents at Iwakuni City, Japan, June 28, 2017. The station residents learned traffic rules and manners and drove in a live course with Japanese instructors and translators. Twenty station residents were invited to take part in the short, educational workshop aimed to decrease the number of traffic accidents and violations caused by station residents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)