U.S. WW2 veteran returns flag to family of fallen Japanese soldier


U.S. World War Two veteran Marvin Strombo (C) meets with Tatsuya Yasue (L), brother of Sadao Yasue, to hand over a Japanese flag Strombo found in a battlefield in 1944, in Higashi-Shirakawa Village, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - When U.S. Marine Marvin Strombo found a Japanese flag on the body of an enemy soldier during World War Two, he took and promised to one day return it to the family of his fallen foe.

That vow was fulfilled on Tuesday, exactly 72 years after Japan's surrender, when Strombo, 93, handed the flag to the brother and sisters of Sadao Yasue.

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