Eyes got tired waiting for the son... Papa's flag reached home after 80 years

Japan News: Scott Stan of New York had a question in his mind since childhood that what is the history of the Japanese flag that flies at his grandfather's house? 

World News  : New York's Scott Stan had a question since childhood that what is the history of the Japanese flag that flutters at his grandfather's house? Actually, Stan's grandfather was in the US Army and brought it back from Japan as a victory trophy during the Second World War. He kept it with great care throughout his life and gave it to Scott when he left this world. 

Grandfather told Scott about the history of this flag that in those days there was a tradition in Japan that every soldier there had his own good luck flag (Yosegaki Hinomaru). It had the name of the soldier and the good wishes of the entire family, friends, relatives were written on it. Japanese soldiers always kept it with them. No one could get it while they were alive. It was a symbol of the love of Japanese soldiers for their land and their pride. Grandfather told that this flag came to the American soldier only after this Japanese soldier was martyred after fierce fighting in the war.

After his grandfather's death, Stan thought of finding the family of the Japanese soldier whose name was written on the flag and returning the money to them. The flag had the name of the Japanese soldier written on it - Yukikaju Hiyama. The best wishes given by many of his relatives, family and friends were written on it. Stan wrote a letter about this flag to a non-profit organization OBON Society. This organization does this kind of work and has so far delivered 600 such flags to their homes. 

Emotional moment...

After years of searching, this organization finally found the family of that Japanese martyr soldier. They found out that the last surviving member of Yukikazu Hiyama's family is his son Tsukasa Hiyama (81) and he lives on the Japanese island of Honshu. Tsukasa never saw his father because when he was martyred in 1945, Tsukasa was two years old. This flag was a very emotional moment for 81-year-old Tsukasa. He said that when he took his father's flag in his hands, he felt as if he had touched his father's hands for the first time. He started crying tears of joy. He ran to his mother's grave and spread that flag over it like a sheet. In a way, this was the end of that tragic story for his family too, whose martyrdom took 81 years to reach them. 

Scott Stan also felt very relieved. He feels as if it was written in his destiny to complete this task.