US Edition'I Got Off the Boat 4,000 Miles Away and Saw My Mate From Widnes' - Liverpool Echo
Albert Lamond, 99, recalls evacuating Allied prisoners of war after Japan's surrender and highlights the ongoing importance of remembering veterans' sacrifices, with 190,000 British POWs taken during WWII.
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Veteran says horrors of war ‘should never be forgotten’ on anniversary of VJ Day
Albert Lamond took part in D-Day in 1944 as an 18-year-old seaman, a year after joining the Royal Navy, and also served in the Pacific in the lead up to VJ Day on August 15, 1945
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Veteran says horrors of war ‘should never be forgotten’ on anniversary of VJ Day - Rother Radio
A 99-year-old veteran who served in the Second World War and helped evacuate prisoners of war after VJ Day has said the horrors of war “should never be forgotten”, on the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surrender. Albert Lamond took part in D-Day in 1944 as an 18-year-old seaman, a year after joining the Royal Navy, and also served in the Pacific in the lead up to VJ Day on August 15, 1945 when Japan announced its surrender to the Allied forces…
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