101-year-old Japanese war veteran recounts WWII experience

Taku Kawarai, 101, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, recounts his World War II experience at a gathering in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2015. He arrived there in a wheelchair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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