VJ Day: The Story of a Local Soldier and His Remarkable Survival in Burma

VJ Day: The story of a local soldier and his remarkable survival in Burma

Friday is the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day marking both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War in the Far East.

James Fenton: Burma Star veteran recalls 'godsend' of VJ Day

James Fenton, 103, recalls the relief he felt when he heard the news of the Japanese surrender.

Burma Star veteran recalls VJ Day 'godsend'

… in Cape Town, South Africa, the regiment transferred to another … Allied forces' victory in Europe in May 1945, he said … East Asia As the Allied Forces drove the Japanese forces out of Burma in … back from Singapore back to Britain," he said. " …

One of last surviving members of 'forgotten army' attends National VJ Day event

Now 103, Mr Fenton served as a bombardier with the Royal Artillery and was deployed to Burma at the age of 20