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Royal Marine R Evans was on board
HMS King George V when the Japanese
surrender was announced.
But he became one of many servicemen to
see action on VJ Day itself when the
fleet came under attack from Japanese
aircraft. The ceasefire was suspended
and five planes were shot down.
The war did not end then either for
RAF radar mechanic Brian Foster who
was sent to Indonesia.
Thj Dutch and British re-armed Japanese
prisoners who joined them in helping to
quell a native insurrection.
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