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100-year-old veteran reunites with WWII tank 'Lucky' 80 years after Japan's surrender

WASHINGTON (7News) — A 100-year-old veteran reunited with “Lucky”—a tank he drove in 1945 during World War II on Friday. The reunion comes on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender. Marine Corporal ...
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Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory

Visitors dressed up line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) TOKYO (AP) ...
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China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict

World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over the past, in the ...
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A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender

Many other Japanese officials had refused to participate at all. Faced with towering U.S. sailors, battle-hardened generals, and the haunting faces of Wainwright and Percival, the Japanese knew they ...