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Arts & Culture

"WWII Airfield" (August 12, 2012)

Lakeshore Public Media | By Ryan Priest

Published August 12, 2018 at 7:00 PM CDT

As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the end of World War II, Shep reads a letter from one of the first soldiers to enter Japan following that country's surrender. In this program from August 12, 1975; he details the awkwardness of coming face to face with a defeated country.

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