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South Korea seeks return of flag, on display at Naval Academy, that Marines seized after their victory
Published in the BS:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/lo...may09,0,4847621.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Published in the BS:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/lo...may09,0,4847621.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
The battle rates as barely a footnote in history, but the U.S. military had scored a decisive victory that would become a part of Marine Corps lore.
The proof: a giant yellow and blue flag, used to rally a band of soldiers, "tiger hunters" and peasants in a futile effort to repel a powerful American force that sacked a Korean citadel in 1871.
The flag has been on display for decades at the Naval Academy, one of more than 100 seized from conflicts large and small....

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