aznation Posted April 30, 2021 Share #26 Posted April 30, 2021 Source: NewspaperArchives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted April 30, 2021 Share #27 Posted April 30, 2021 Source: Ancestry.com Ancestry Person - Byron Burton Boose.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted April 30, 2021 Share #28 Posted April 30, 2021 Source: https://www.6thinfantry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/0474.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share #29 Posted May 3, 2021 WOW!!! THANK YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted May 3, 2021 Share #30 Posted May 3, 2021 You're welcome. I thought you'd like the information. -- Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted May 3, 2021 Share #31 Posted May 3, 2021 A really nice group...congrats! The photo documented flag is especially nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share #32 Posted May 18, 2021 Any idea where this was likely captured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhcoleterracina Posted May 18, 2021 Share #33 Posted May 18, 2021 Perhaps worthy of a separate thread...there is a group called the Obon Society. Their purpose is to reunite named items like this with the family in Japan. This mostly involves flags like yours (and mine). I guess the same advice would be proper for the return of items to the family that we have dealt with for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 18, 2021 Share #34 Posted May 18, 2021 1 minute ago, dhcoleterracina said: Perhaps worthy of a separate thread...there is a group called the Obon Society. Their purpose is to reunite named items like this with the family in Japan. This mostly involves flags like yours (and mine). I guess the same advice would be proper for the return of items to the family that we have dealt with for years. Lol I would never donate a flag to them. They sit in a storage area because most of them have no family to be returned to. Plus I’m definitely not going to especially after the absolute hell the Imperial Army put our and other Allied troops and POW’s through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted May 19, 2021 Share #35 Posted May 19, 2021 14 hours ago, Timberwolf said: Lol I would never donate a flag to them. They sit in a storage area because most of them have no family to be returned to. Plus I’m definitely not going to especially after the absolute hell the Imperial Army put our and other Allied troops and POW’s through. +1 on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds308 Posted June 17, 2021 Share #36 Posted June 17, 2021 Like usual, I'm in agreement with Matt. + 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted June 30, 2021 This will certainly not be donated back, as this is one of my favorite pieces. It is extraordinarily rare to have a flag with capture photo such as this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhcoleterracina Posted June 30, 2021 Share #38 Posted June 30, 2021 For the record, I was NOT suggesting or encouraging that the flag or any flag be donated to this Obon Society. I was only informing the Forum that there is a group out there supposedly returning these flags back to the families in Japan. That group may find its way to our forum and hit up those of us who have these flags to be donated. My personal experience with making a donation to a museum was very bad and I will never do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share #39 Posted September 10, 2022 I recently found mention of the veteran in a unit history book! I have also since gotten his dog tags. “Staff Sergeant Byron B o o s e emptied two rifles into the charging Japanese, killing several, then killed the remaining attacker with a vertical butt stroke.” This is in reference to a banzai attack. This mention is from around when he got the silver star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 10, 2022 Share #40 Posted September 10, 2022 Congrats on getting the tags. Thats a great group. Always neat when you can dig out a little more history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share #41 Posted November 1, 2022 I was lucky enough to stumble across his citation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share #42 Posted August 13, 2023 Bringing this thread back up. Still my favorite find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 27, 2023 Share #43 Posted October 27, 2023 Love this thread! Very cool to see wartime pictures of the flag around its time of capture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Punishment Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share #44 Posted October 28, 2023 On 10/26/2023 at 9:53 PM, Deuce said: Love this thread! Very cool to see wartime pictures of the flag around its time of capture. Thank you. I have a lot of artifacts that I like, but this one is my favorite. I am having it framed with UV glass and acid free backing today along with the capture photo. there are several other photos in the group that all seem to be taken late in the war on Luzon. The terrain and backdrop of the photos all seem to be around the time this man was cited for the silver star. I could never prove it, but I think it is likely that the flag was captured very late in the war on Luzon - around the mountaintop where most of the photos seem to be taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncttech Posted March 23 Share #45 Posted March 23 I came across your posting the other day when I was researching my uncle's WWII service. I am trying to put together a photo arrangement of my uncles and father from the same family base for our local museum. I would very much like to correspond with you about this collection. Please email me at [email protected] Thank you in advance for you help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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