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Ex-soldier recalls narrow escape in Palau battle that killed comrades

Ex-soldier recalls narrow escape in Palau battle that killed comrades

Takashi Oike, a 93-year-old former Japanese soldier, is interviewed in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, in February 2015. Japan fought an "unwinnable" war against the United States, Oike said in recalling the fierce battle that killed his army comrades in Palau during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier recalls WWII fighting on New Guinea island

Ex-soldier recalls WWII fighting on New Guinea island

Susumu Iida, 92, recounts his experience of fierce fighting on the southwestern Pacific island of New Guinea during World War II in an interview at his home in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on July 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier talks with emperor, empress

Ex-soldier talks with emperor, empress

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to Kiyokazu Tsuchida (C), a former Japanese seaman, on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. Tsuchida, 95, was a survivor of a fierce battle in Palau. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier slams gov't-proposed security bills

Ex-soldier slams gov't-proposed security bills

Norikazu Doro, a former member of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on July 24, 2015. He lashed out at the government's package of national security bills that would expand the Japan Self-Defense Forces' role, thus putting JSDF members involved in fighting into harm's way. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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