LETTERS – Remember Forgotten Army

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was on May 8, 1945.

The war against the Japanese continued for a further four months until September 2, 1945.

Those still fighting the Japanese became known as The Forgotten Army and it would appear that Holbeach Parish Council is continuing this trait , as nothing has been arranged to remember those who carried on fighting the Japanese until September 1945.

Holbeach lost a Burma veteran Jack Mills, aged 100 years, in July. Jack was known for saying the Kohima Epiaph on Remembrance Sundays.

Let them not become The Forgotten Army ever again.

Barry Joyce
via email

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