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Radio 4,16 Aug 1985,15 mins

General Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese surrender

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The 40th anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese at the end of the Second World War, the devastating hurricane in Galveston, Texas, and a profile of General Douglas MacArthur.

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