Veterans stationed in the Pacific during World War II were honored and remembered Saturday during an open house and special Veterans Day service held at the Brooke County Public Library.

Approximately two dozen people gathered inside the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum and Education Center to join in marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the war with the surrender of the Japanese.

Officials noted the library’s museum houses the largest collection of memorabilia related to Allied Forces who defended the Philippine Islands.

Richard Lizza, who serves as president of the museum’s board, welcomed those gathered at the museum, as well as representatives participating live in Japan.

“We are simulcasting with the Nishiki Secret Base Museum in Japan, where it is 11 p.m.

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