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It is understood that in accordance with arrangements between the three great powers,

an official announcement will be broadcast by the Prime Minister at three o'clock tomorrow.

I was actually on duty when they announced the E-Day.

Yesterday morning at 2.41 a.m., at General Eisenhower's headquarters, General Jodl, the representative of the German High

Command and of Grand Admiral Dernitz, the designated head of the German state, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German land sea.

So it stopped the following day, the chief officer gave us all a little pep talk.

Well, I think she thought we were all going to lose our honour because of everybody feeling free and throwing away caution to the

winds and celebrating and drinking. She was just, ha, a woman. It's been terrible for her.

And we all rushed up to London and throwing the crowds there outside the palace, shouting

and marching them down Piccadilly with about 20 Canadian Air Force officers all arm in arm.

Had a marvellous day, and then we slept in the YWCA Baker Street, which we always did.

We were just doing the following day then, that we then sat outside.

There was a heat wave.

Sat outside and smashed up the bums. Sat outside and smashed the bombs.

How wonderful Mr Churchill has come out onto the Ministry of Health balcony.

Most of the chaps that were there had done years in Italy and had come back and were really then working up to demob.

So it wasn't a very dark time.

But in 1945, things were definitely looking up,

and it looked okay all the time then.

And I remember VE night.

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