Actually, historians vary on opinion as to when the war ended, anyway. 30,000 Jap. troops in China didn't surrender until Nov. 1945 and then they had to be rearmed by their Marine captors when the ChiComs started coming after them. I think the Marines were in China for at least another year fighting ChiComs after Japan's surrender. It wasn't talked about very much in the news, since the major hostilities had ended, but ask any Marine that was there and they'd tell you otherwise. They did make a ribbon bar/medal for the China tour of duty.
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