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Liberation, 1945

by Greg Freeman

To: Private WE Freeman, Recovered

POW centre, Bombay, Indian Command:

Dearest son, After all this long time,

 

we are so excited, we hardly know

what to do. It seems so strange

to be able to write.

 

So many letters, via War Office,

Red Cross. When she heard

he was safe she sent three in a week.

 

Some camps seemed to have fared

better than others. I still tr...

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