Big catch flag returned to family 73 yrs later
Sayoko Sasaki (2nd from R), eldest daughter of a crew member of a fishing boat that sank in the Pacific during World War II, and JoEllen Gorg (L), principal officer at the U.S. Consulate in Sapporo, pose for photos in the Miyagi prefectural town of Minamisanriku in northeastern Japan on July 27, 2015, along with a returned big catch flag. The fishing boat Tenyo Maru was sunk near the Solomon Islands in 1942 while it was engaged in the Battle of Guadalcanal and the flag was returned to families of the crew. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
- Product Code
- ILEA000074369
- Registered date
- 2015/7/27 19:40:31
- Credit
- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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- 2088 × 1448 pixel
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- 357.47(KB)*
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