Japan, U.S. veterans make reconciliation visit to A-bomb site

HIROSHIMA, Japan - American veterans of World War II lay flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 4, a day before they will play a softball game against Japanese World War II veterans.

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