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Alan Dierking holds a book brought home from WWII by his father, Staff Sgt. Russell A. Dierking at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon, on March 7, 2025. Alan Dierking was meeting with the Astoria-based Obon Society to return his father’s “Good Luck Flag,” as the Obon Society helps to facilitate the return of captured WWII flags to Japanese descendants of the soldiers who carried them off to war as send-off gifts. (Air National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)
| Date Taken: | 03.07.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.17.2025 19:02 |
| Photo ID: | 8980515 |
| VIRIN: | 250307-Z-CH590-1219 |
| Resolution: | 3472x5208 |
| Size: | 3.29 MB |
| Location: | ASTORIA, OREGON, US |
| Web Views: | 18 |
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WWII ‘Good Luck Flag’ transfer offers closure while honoring reconciliation
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