Derek, who I mentioned in an earlier post, stayed in Japan just after the war, and was part of the War Crimes trials against the Japanese. He was a Sergeant Major , and reading between the lines of what he told me, was in charge of the firing squads tat carried out the final sentence on the war...
It’s the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday that marked the end of WW2.
I don’t feel enough is made of this, seen hardly anything about in the media.
I knew 2 lovely old gentlemen, one served in Burma with the Chindits , the other in Malaya, both have passed away in the last12 months...