A World War, Part 2 - Victory in Europe | South Carolinians in WW II - Episode 2

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"The American soldiers arrived, and the tanks came in and ran over those big, high fences like they were matchboxes." Veterans provide their remembrances of the end of the war in Europe and the surrender of the Germans, and how the Americans celebrated. However, for many, there was another assignment awaiting them in Japan. 

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A World War, Part 1
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German soldiers were surrendering so fast, they just would surrender a whole unit and we couldn't handle them all. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was announcing "Today in Europe, the war is...
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Japan needed resources and could only get them from other countries. The United States continued to try to prevent this. Japan sent an envoy to try to negotiate some sort of compromise, but the...
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A World War, Part 4
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Veterans share their recollections of the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked. They were at war again.
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A World War, Part 5
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Veterans and family members recall the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in detail.
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A World War, Part 7
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This segment focuses on how the Japanese took control of the Pacific waters. The Philippines had been promised their independence. Within hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese turned...
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A World War, Part 8
Episode 8
The damage done to the American ships at Pearl Harbor is discussed. The devastation was hard to accept. The one thing the Japanese had missed was the tank farm where all of the fuel was stored. It was...