WWII veteran recalls fighting Russian invasion of northern islands

WWII veteran recalls fighting Russian invasion of northern islands

Hidetaka Oda recalls during an interview in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2014, his involvement in a battle when Soviet troops began invading the Kuril Islands in the Far East on Aug. 18, 1945, three days after Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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