One WWII veteran shares his story on the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Harry Miller, a veteran of the Army and Air Force, is pictured in the library of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C.

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that American troops went to sleep or shook hands. "And some just couldn't believe it."

(Image credit: Marine Robbins)