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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 6:02 pm

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U.S. serviceman’s World War II photo album returns home

The war has finally ended for 90-year-old Tokio Watanabe. The former Japanese soldier, who fought in the Philippines in World War II and was later captured by Soviet troops, recently had his wish partially fulfilled to return a belonging that had long weighed on his mind: a photo album of a U.S. serviceman.

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