20121129 Week of December 2 to 8, 2012

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br />
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A portion of a personal flag once carried by a Japanese solider with parting words written on it before entering into World War II is now possessed by Malta's Ivan Prall, 90, an Army photographer in the 1940's, who has held onto the flag since recovering it in the war. A relative of Prall's with some knowledge of Japanese was able to translate one of the parting wishes to roughly mean: I envy your opportunity to die for our country.<br />
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Photographed in Prall's Malta home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.

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Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

A portion of a personal flag once carried by a Japanese solider with parting words written on it before entering into World War II is now possessed by Malta's Ivan Prall, 90, an Army photographer in the 1940's, who has held onto the flag since recovering it in the war. A relative of Prall's with some knowledge of Japanese was able to translate one of the parting wishes to roughly mean: I envy your opportunity to die for our country.

Photographed in Prall's Malta home on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.