On August 6 1945, a Japanese school teacher was having her breakfast when, after a bright flash of light, she was buried in the darkness beneath a pile of rubble that once stood as her home. She was still in her nightdress when she was dragged out of the pile of bricks by a neighbour […]
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A Second World War veteran has told of the “wonderful” moment he learned about victory in Europe, while he was still in action in China. Bill Ramage was called to service in August 1942, before being deployed as an RAF wireless operator in the China and India. It took him six weeks from leaving docks […]
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