From Correspondent Greg LaMotte

MONTEREY PARK, California (CNN) -- The Nanjing massacre in China during World War II was one of the war's worst atrocities. On Sunday, former Japanese soldiers will discuss their participation in the massacre in a live teleconference between Tokyo and Los Angeles.

As many as 300,000 people were killed during a six-week period in December 1937-January 1938 after the Japanese Army captured the city of Nanjing.

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"Rapings took place. Murders took place. Killings took place. Looting took place. Some people think that the military were just on a holiday running amok, but the fact of the matter is we have plenty of evidence to show that that military was being directed out of Tokyo by politicians and by generals," said historian Alfred Balitzer.

Correspondent Greg LaMotte reports on how the tragedy is still affecting the family of a Chinese soldier who witnessed the massacre.