VJ Day -- Dr. Bob Russell

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Channel: Kansas City Star · 2015 · News & Politics

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Dr. Bob Russell of Overland Park recounts his time as an Army infantryman stationed in the Philippines, training for the ground invasion of Japan in 1945. The twin atomic bombs halted the war before the ground invasion took place. VIDEO BY DAVID EULITT [email protected]

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