{"id":285980,"date":"2025-10-10T18:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wwii-navy-vet-explains-what-it-was-like-to-head-towards-japan-at-18-years-old\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:04:55","slug":"wwii-navy-vet-explains-what-it-was-like-to-head-towards-japan-at-18-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wwii-navy-vet-explains-what-it-was-like-to-head-towards-japan-at-18-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII Navy vet explains what it was like to head towards Japan at 18 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TpwI3DuwGJI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"WWII Navy vet explains what it was like to head towards Japan at 18 years old\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TpwI3DuwGJI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Eighty years after the Japanese surrendered, formally ending World War II, CNN\u2019s Stephanie Elam sat down with US Navy veteran Edgar Buffman, who served on the USS Missouri during the war. 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