On August 24, 1944, the USS Hake, a Gato-class submarine, spotted an unusual warship in the moonlit waters of Dasol Bay. Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Haylor was stunned to see what appeared to be an ...
The officials have added they only instructed to fly the flags at half-staff ... The Asahi Shimbun asked the education boards of Japan’s 47 prefectures and 20 ordinance-designated major cities ...
Despite such concerns, some schools around Japan did fly flags at half-staff or raised mourning flags. The flag at Takasaki High School, Nakasone’s alma mater in Gunma Prefecture, flew at half ...