Once bitter enemies. Now loving friends and allies. This is truly a beautiful thing to see.

Important quote: "A man's body may grow old, but inside, his spirit can be just as young as it was before."

Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin UNESCO Memory of the World Imjin War The Attack on Pearl Harbor The Bombing of Chongqing Japan's hobby of war of aggression without declaration of war foreigners who defend the Nazis a Nazi-loving foreigner It's too weird. At that time, Japan was an Asian Nazi German Nazi = Japanese Empire Japan's war crimes competed against the German Nazis At that time, Japan was a twisted and evil country The Japanese military has slaughtered countless civilians in Asia Japanese civilians also slaughtered Koreans In short, Japanese civilians are also Nazis For one example 關東大虐殺 간토 대학살 Kanto Massacre The Japanese set up prisons in every city in Korea for torture and murder Seodaemun Prison Unit 731 Japan's historical distortion, historical revisionism, is too absurd .................................................................................. Japan is the same democracy, but it distorts and hides its history Germany teaches history accurately The Japanese should emulate the Germans Come to Korea and study history There is a lot of historical evidence in Korea It's an accurate history Germany and Japan were allies in World War II As soon as industrialization was successful, Japan waged war and massacred countless civilians the Asian Holocaust the Asian Nazis I must say that American soldier was necessary and it saved at least 20x more lives considering that Imperial Japan never wanted to stop doing Asian holocaust Hiroshima Nagasaki At that time, Japan made handmade handicrafts at home I'm sorry to the Japanese civilians killed in the bomb, but we have to check the number of civilians killed by the Japanese military during that period Thank the American soldier for stopping the Asian Nazis Every country has a dark history. That's one thing. Whether they are ashamed and regret the wrong doings in the past and not cover it up is another The adults told me a lot of stories There are so many war crimes committed by Japanese soldiers But Japan denies history Japanese right-wing nationalists Yasukuni Shrine It's like calling Nazi Hitler a hero The Japanese should learn the right history instead of pretending to be war victims Japan should reflect on itself It's important to learn history correctly for future generations Koreans don't want compensation They want to learn the right history and truly reflect on each other and form a consensus As soon as Japan invaded Korea the murder of Empress Myeongseong At that time, the king of Japan was a god and the king of other countries was a beast The king of Japan was enshrined as a god, but after the war was defeated, he declared himself a human being Hirohito 일본인들 근대화 광무개혁 중인 조선을 침략해서 최빈국 문맹인으로 만들었다 학살, 고문, 한국어 금지, 한국어 말살, 한국 문화 말살, 강제노동, 강제 징용 민족말살 ethnocide 일본의 강제징용 노동으로 수백만 명이 맞아 죽거나 굶어 죽었다 한마디로 한국에 살고 있는 일본인들만 편하게 살려고 했다 한국을 수탈해서 한국 국민들은 굶어죽었다 군산 놀러와 증거 그대로 보존해 있다 다른 나라들도 일본인들의 자원이랑 쌀 수탈 때문에 많이 굶어 죽었다 일본의 수탈 때문에 베트남은 200만 명 굶어 죽었다 일본인들 정신 좀 차려 역사왜곡 그만해 일본인들 일본의 왜곡된 역사를 진짜로 믿고 있다 정신 차려 너무 한심하다 한국의 역사는 5000년 가까이 된다 한국 와서 공부해 한국은 증거 위주 역사다 일본 너무 이상한 나라다 범죄가 발생하면 해결하려고 노력을 해야지 숨기고 감추고 비겁한 행동이다 아직까지 반성 안 하는 나라 현재 지금도 반성 없는 나라 일본

What a great person he was.

Non sei soldato sei un fratello in arma❤❤❤❤

I pray that Japanese soldier can rest in peace now that his precious flag has been returned to his family for so many years. Love, hugs and peace to everyone.

Years ago now, I did a FT with the non profit Obon. My dad came home with a pristine Japanese Souvenir flag. Since then? It sits in a hope chest, they never continued its journey. So here I sit with a flag thats not mine and am 100% sure that the family it belongs to would love to have it back. Step up Obon. How many others have been in the position of hoping for a reconnection and denied just that. 🤨

This is the Era when people die for their word we never able to repay back even if this life we secrifice

RIP Brother, you did a wonderful thing, much respect. I shed a tear for you and the family.

Wow amazing ❤❤

Banzai!

Pacific Theater adalah konflik militer paling brutal yang pernah terjadi di sepanjang sejarah umat manusia. Professional US Marine VS ketangguhan IJA

Bless This Old Veteran, Traveling So Many Miles To Return Japanese Heritage Flag To A Mourning Family. Such A Genuine Soldier, He Honored The Crying Japanese Family And They Did The Same In Return. 😢😢

OBON SOCIETY is doing a great and wonderful service to these old service men on both sides. Bravo.

Sorry, the old man's sentiments are understandable but entirely misguided. The Japanese army was responsible for war crime after war crime, and notched up horrors from Manchuria to Bataan to the Philippines. They deserved just exactly what they got, and treating them like "buddies" or "comrades in arms" or "fellow warriors" is absurd. They were criminal fanatics, the SS of the East.

That is so beautiful.😢 even in time of trouble and crisis he still was a human first. I am glad that he was able to fulfill his promise

TRUE HONOR SIR! I was crying like a baby at the end

If i was there with him and how they treated him, id be a fukkin mess. They treated him as honorable. Bet that settled a lot of issues in his soul

A skyline casually drives by at 11:00 💀

There are wars going on while I am watching this. Stop the War. May peace and prosperity touches every soul of the planet. Om Shanti

I have seen that look on the faces of many veterans of war, it is called the thousand yard stare for a reason. Every time I see it and the pain that accompanies it always breaks my heart as a former soldier and combat veteran .😢

Good work, respectful and humbling. Good work.

Amazing work as always, brings a tear to my eyes.

Truly a class act to return the flag to the Japanese family.

Wish the music was deleted so you could hear them talking clearly.

Awesome!

If only there were more people like Mr. Strombo in our world. Its one thing to make a promise like that, its another to follow through on that promise 73 years later. True determination and honor. May he rest in peace.

THATS A BAD MFKR RIGHT THERE!!!!!

The feeling he had when he took it must have been profound, I'm glad it made its final journey.

The sister even used her most polite arigato gozaimasu. I’m crying. Both soldiers came from farming backgrounds. My great-uncles were in the JIA during WWII and survived. War shattered them because after the war, they left their home country never to be seen again. Thank you, Marine. Rest in Strength, sir.

I ran the lines for the boat that carried all the people to the Arizona in Pearl Harbor on the 50th anniversary. And was part of the honor guard for the ceremony. I saw Japanese and American salors crying, hugging each other, and shaking hands, saying never again....😢😢😢

This is why whe should spend more time, with the old folks. They have great stories to tell, and great wisdom.

i have such a tremendous amount of respect for this man, i’m assuming he’s not with us anymore but that doesn’t change the fact that in life he was an honorable man who stuck by his word, and i truly feel grateful to have seen and heard his story now

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😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🇹🇭🇫🇷🇯🇵🇺🇸

That got me a little misty eyed

I am from India. Just came across this society.... You are doing a great work ..

All soldiers are eventually forgotten… but for the time where they will be remembered, they will be remembered for a very long time.

Very sweet❤🇨🇦

Im a tough guy, but this story crushed me Beautiful

Government go to war not their citizens.

mission accomplished. rest easy.

Amen !

Well Done Sir!

This is the best of America.

God’s work!

It was a loverly thing to do, return this flag, as he said it was precious to the Japanese Officer, I just wonder what the Japanese writing said

This was indescribably beautiful. The love and admiration and honor and respect…truly humbling.