Defense Secretary Mark Esper and several World War II veterans from Hawaii mark the 75th anniversary of war’s end
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On the 75th anniversary of the official end of World War II, wartime veterans in Hawaii recalled their relief that the fighting was finally over, as today’s military leaders contrasted the world order that emerged with a new Asian challenge — China — arising as a security concern.
The commemoration Wednesday on the fantail of the battleship Missouri — the site of Japan’s unconditional surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay — featured 12 local World War II veterans and comments by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, among others.
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