Among my most prized possessions are pictures of my Marine father in Tientsin, China. His unit was training for the invasion of Japan when the war ended. They were given 48 hours to celebrate and then told they were going to north China. His unit landed in early October 1945 and were given the task of accepting the surrender of Japanese forces in the area and then repatriating them, and Japanese civilians, back to Japan. Almost every picture shows the Marines being mobbed and hugged by Chinese civilians and kids.
I bet they are. SEMPER FI