Patriots Point/Obon Society Flag Repatriation 5-9-24
2024-05-15




The USS Yorktown (CV-10), which served as a U.S. aircraft carrier from World War II to the Vietnam War and is now a museum, has returned a Japanese good luck flag of Kumakichi Yamashita, a soldier from Kagoshima Prefecture. The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, which manages the Yorktown, has posted a video of the event on YouTube.
第二次世界大戦からベトナム戦争まで米軍の航空母艦として活躍し、現在は博物館となっている「空母ヨークタウン(CV-10)」から鹿児島県出身兵士「山下熊吉」命の日章旗が返還されました。この様子をヨークタウンを管理するPatriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum「海洋博物館」がYouTubeに公開致しました。