Pictorial Travel Diary - Day 2 - Service Flag

Pictorial Travel Diary - Day 2 - Service Flag
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“Families across America displayed service flags in their windows during World War II; each star represented a son or daughter in the service. This flag belonged to Sadao Munemaori’s mother, Nawa, who ‘hung the banner…in our barrack window,’ recalled his sister. ‘When Sadao was killed, she took the banner down.”