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This week we're hearing your memories of VJ Day back in August 1945, when the Second World War finally ended. Many soldiers from Leicestershire and Rutland were still being held in the far east as prisoners of war. Harold Smalley from Whitwick was one of them. He'd joined the Leicestershire regiment...and now at 100 years old, he's been talking to BBC Radio Leicester's Bridget Blair about his experiences...
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