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Looking back at how V-E Day 1945 was celebrated in Buffalo

May 8th is a date that marks a most memorable moment in our history --known as V-E Day. 

It was the day the German surrender to the allies in 1945.  WGRZ senior correspondent and WBFO & AM-970 News contributor Rich Kellman tells us the "V" stood for victory and how hundreds of Buffalonians celebrated the day it happened.