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They were landing on the beaches. And i could hear it, i could hear it all. You suddenly thought. This is a war i really had the war in my ears. We had responsiblejobs at a very young age like 19, 18 years old. And we did feel good about the fact we could contribute. Civilians and Service People got together, helped one another. You couldnt look far into the future, you might only have had a fortnights leave and then he might be killedi at the end of it. You had no idea whati was going to happen, so you just put up with it. The advertisement said join the wrens so that you could free a sailor ...

When i heard that the war was over, we were all overjoyed. and for me, it meant demobilisation, so i came down to london and was demobbed in august 1946. so, it wasn't a long service but an eventful one and, for me, it was probably the most meaningful episode of my life.