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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Barlow

Meet the 100-year-old VJ Day hero who witnessed Japan’s Second World War surrender

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan’s surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict.

Reg Draper was a stores assistant on Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York, which was sailing off the coast of Japan in August 1945 when the country surrendered.

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