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Looking back 60 years to the end of the War in the Pacific

We continue our month-long look back 60 years to the end of the War in the Pacific as we focus on American soldiers. You'll hear a 2002 interview with Army veteran John Stensby, who served as part of the Corregedor defenses and became a Japanese prisoner of war. We'll also have a 1999 interview with Air Force veteran Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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