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Doug Stout Guest Columnist On August 15, 1945, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan. American troops were moved quickly to Japan to act as an army of occupation. The Newark Advocate reported in early September that three local men had "probably paraded the streets of Tokyo" with the First Cavalry Division. The three men were listed as Lieutenant John "Pete" McFarland, Fred Hoffman, and former Newark physician Captain James B. Johnson, a surgeon with the First. Also in Tokyo was Hideki...