U.S. ex-POWs meet ex-Japanese soldier

KOFU, Japan - Former member of the Imperial Japanese Army Tokio Watanabe (2nd from L) shakes hands with a former U.S. soldier and prisoner of war during World War II Joseph Alexander (R) amid the presence of another former POW from the United States Edward Jackfert (2nd from R) in Yamanashi Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2010. The delegation of former POWs from the United States is scheduled to leave Japan on Sept. 19, 2010.

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