While exploring the woods near his village in France, Sebastien Roure uncovers a mysterious ring buried in the earth—an object that hints at a forgotten story from the past.
Driven to return the ring to its rightful place, Sebastien traces it back to a soldier from Hawaii and reaches out to the family, setting the stage for an emotional meeting in France.
In the forest where the ring was found and the soldier fell, a small French town honors the journey and the lives it has touched with a heartfelt tribute and a lasting memorial.
As the story continues to ripple outward, a chance meeting between two researchers uncovers a stunning connection—two fallen heroes, laid to rest side by side, their families now brought together by fate.
Robert Kuroda
Kevin Kuroda
What starts with the discovery of a weathered ring in a French forest unfolds into a powerful, transcontinental journey of remembrance and reconnection. Through chance, research, and remarkable human kindness, a lost artifact becomes the thread that links strangers, families, and histories long separated by time and distance.
The Story Boldly Legacy Project is being funded, in part, by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.