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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nA former workmate and Mick send links to the story<\/a> of Marvin Strombo who, as a young Marine fighting his way across the Pacific, happened to liberate a Rising Sun flag from it’s deceased owner, Sadao Yasue, on the island of Saipan. This week, he returned the flag to the soldier’s brother;<\/p>\n Sadao\u2019s younger brother, Tatsuya Yasue, said his brother was a young man with a future to live. When Sadao was called upon to go to war, his family gave him this flag as a symbol of good fortune to bring him back to them. Getting this flag back means more to them than just receiving an heirloom. It\u2019s like bringing Sadao\u2019s spirit back home.<\/p>\n Tatsuya was accompanied by his elder sister Sayoko Furuta and younger sister Miyako Yasue to formally accept the flag. As Tatsuya spoke about what his brother meant to not only his family but the other members of the community, he reminisced over the last moments he had with him before his departure. <\/p>\n Tatsuya said his family received permission to see Sadao one last time, so they went to him. He came down from his living quarters and sat with them in the grass, just talking. When they were told they had five more minutes, Sadao turned to his family and told them that it seemed like they were sending him to somewhere in the Pacific. He told them he probably wasn\u2019t coming back and to make sure they took good care of their parents. That was the last time Tatsuya ever spoke to his brother.<\/p>\n As Strombo and Yasue exchanged this simple piece of cloth from one pair of hands to the next, Strombo said he felt a sense of relief knowing that after all these years, he was able to keep the promise he made on the battlegrounds of Saipan. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I remember the stories that my great-uncle told me about his war in the Pacific, which is why, to this day, I won’t own a Japanese car (Mitsubishi<\/a> operated a POW Camp which used the labor of US POWs for manufacturing). But, good on Mr Strombo getting past the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"