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John Watson, of the 51st Highland
Division, had been a prisoner of the
Germans for five years.
He remembers hearing about the
Japanese surrender whilst on a troop
train in Britain and adds: "My
thoughts were with the PoWs taken by
thj Japs.
"As an ex-PoW I knew the feeling of
being free again."
Florence Wright was in hospital on 14
August and just after midnight she
recalls hearing church bells ringing,
crowds dancing and cheering - and then
giving birth to a baby girl.
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