Us Veterans Praise Their Forgotten Ally

This week, as the world marks the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, those who fought remember China's contribution to the victory. Zhai Xiang reports for Xinhua.

On Aug 15, 1945, Dick Whitaker, a member of the Sixth Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps, was on the island of Guam when he heard of the Japanese surrender.

The end of World War II also signaled the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), fought exclusively on Chinese soil.