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.

The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier ... to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.

As was customary during any visit to a foreign land, Perry’s flagship flew all of its colors, including a new hand-sewn, ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...