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While serving in Burma, Captain Anthony
Bennett led the first British force
into Kawkareik with his native Karen
hill fighters.
When passing the Japanese billets, he
remembers "breathing a sigh of relief
that neither they nor my Karen levies
were trigger happy".
The villagers provided his force with a
feast and even made a Union flag using
a hospital sheet and dye.
Infantryman H Thomson's unit was
preparing to attack the Japanese
mainland when he heard the news and
thought "that's it, next stop Blighty!"
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