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Devon Poet Weaves Faith, War and Loss into Poem Commemorating 80th Anniversary of VJ Day
A Devon poet has written a new poem which commemorates the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on 15 August. Clare Bryden wrote VJ Day 2025 for Devon’s High Sheriff Caroline Harlow, whose father was a prisoner of war in East Asia. Victory over Japan day marks the end of the Second World War. It was the day in 1945 that Japan announced its surrender to the Allied forces, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki…
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