BOSTON (Kyodo) Frank Hobbs, an 85-year-old former U.S. soldier, returned a photograph and other personal belongings from World War II to the daughter of a Japanese soldier Saturday.

The belongings of Matsuji Takekawa, who died at age 37 in the Battle of Iwojima, were returned to Yoko Takekawa, 64, who currently lives in New Jersey.

Matsuji Takekawa owned a liquor shop in Sanjyo, Niigata Prefecture, when he was drafted and sent to the war.