In mid-2013 I posted a story about a Nazi banner I'd found in an old trunk. We theorize the banner had been sent to my mother after her first husband was killed in WWII, as a tribute to him by members of his Army unit. Mom never spoke of the banner, and no surviving member of my family knew anything about it. The 10' X 3' strip of red cotton features a swastika in the center. Signatures of 82 members of "Cannon Co, 358th Inf, 90th Div" surround the swastika. I'd attempted to research the names on the banner, but I wasn't able to find any of the men still living. I'd hoped to locate someone who could confirm the circumstances, i.e., where the banner had been captured and how it came to be sent to my mother. Disappointed by my lack of success, I'd given up. Flash-forward to January, 2015, when a friend sent me a link to a newspaper article. The story was about a woman in Pennsylvania who was researching a WWII artifact found in an Army-Navy store. A stained Japanese flag - with a red sun-disc in the center of a white flag - included the names of 189 men. So far, she's found four survivors and several families of deceased signers. She's mailed the flag to locations throughout the country to reunite the men with the 70-year-old relic or to remind families of their veteran's experience. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. (You can follow her progress on Facebook by liking the community page called "The Names on the Flag.") Her efforts encouraged me to take another look. Most of the Nazi banner signatures (72 of 82) include a hometown. Of the remaining ten names, three include an Army rank. However, I've found no single reliable source for comprehensive information about WWII veterans. Further, I've been surprised how many men share the same name (reminiscent of Irish family history research). Confirming which one signed the banner has been a challenge. After many hours I've still been unable to find a survivor, partly I suppose because it's easier to confirm a deceased person than locate a man who's 90+years old and may not currently have a telephone listing.  I have identified a few sons and daughters and am about to reach out to contact them. If you'd like to read my June 2013 blog posting about the banner, click here:  http://blog.irishgenealogical.org/?p=1125.