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    Long lost items finally come together

    Hello everyone,
    Almost exactly a year ago, I was able to add a nice US Navy captured Japanese flag to my collection. The flag came with period photographs of the sailor who acquired the flag along with pictures of his buddies posing with it. Also, the little grouping had a named Capture certificate with it. The certificate was named to H.J. LaSauce, who was a motor machinists mate 2nd class. Here is the link to the original posting of this group: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=lasauce
    A couple of weeks ago, I got a message through WAF, from a gentleman who had purchased a large pile of US Navy clothing from WW2. The only named piece of clothing was this jumper, with the stenciled name H.J. LaSauce in it. He googled the name and found my inquiry on WAF about this sailor. He contacted me, and now the US Navy Jumper is part of the grouping. I was overjoyed to bring these items back together after such a long period of time. In the process, I was able to get this information about the sailor, from a helpful member here at WAF. This is all part of what makes this forum so awesome. Thanks to all that have helped
    Enjoy,

    PG-

    This is from the 1920 US Census:

    Name: Herbert J La Sauce
    [Herbert J Lagarce]
    Age: 0
    [1/12]
    Birth Year: abt 1920
    Birthplace: New York
    Home in 1920: Brooklyn Assembly District 11, Kings, New York
    Street: South Elliott Pl
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's Name: Henry M La Sauce
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's name: Jennie C Sauce
    Mother's Birthplace: New York
    Occupation: None
    Neighbors: View others on page
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    Name: Herbert J LA Sauce
    Service Info.: MOMM2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
    Birth Date: 14 Dec 1919
    Death Date: 1 Apr 2005
    Cemetery: Coram Trinity Methodist Cemetery
    Cemetery Address: Coram, NY 11727
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    Last edited by Paul G; 09-26-2014, 01:27 PM.

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        #4
        Very cool. Now you just need to find the parachute

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          #5
          That's amazing, I would kill for a flag with that kind of provenance. It's always sad to see a grouping broke up, cool they're back together once again.

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            #6
            What a fantastic story!!!

            The flag was to Kuriyama Yuichi

            栗山由一
            Kuriyama Yuichi
            [chestnut mountain]

            Interesting, also, is that the writing on the flag -- main motto and name -- are from left to right.

            --Guy

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              Long Lost Items

              Awesome posting Paul. Your collection of flags and flags with provenance is amazing! Thank you for sharing. MikeB

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                #8
                Thank you everybody for the nice comments and help!

                PG-

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                  #9
                  Paul, absolutely fantastic to see this happen. Congrats

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                    #10
                    Congrats Paul! The Internet really helps

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                      #11
                      Hi Paul
                      The stuff dreams are from from!!!!!!!!!!
                      I envy you!
                      Regards
                      Frank

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                        #12
                        Congrats Paul. Very cool indeed Johnno.

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                          #13
                          great

                          awesome grouping. Nice to see it all back together.

                          Jim

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