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This story was submitted to the People’s War site by CSV/´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham on behalf of Harold Gregory with his permission. The Author fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.

A few days after the Atom Bomb had been dropped my outfit and I embarked from Liverpool bound for the Far East but not to face the Japanese as enemies — but Prisoners of War.

When we arrived in Burma the Japanese were busy making bamboo beds for the Allied Troops and generally being subservient.

There’s a sequel to this story and it is a very sobering one — had the atom bombs not been dropped there would have been catastrophic casualties amongst the allied troops — hundreds and thousands of deaths and injuries as they tried to over come the enemy, mainly by sea born landings.

Maybe I wouldn’t have been here to tell this story???

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