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The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Gord and Leslie Davison.

When we arrived in the U.K. we were met by a provost sergeant who gave us train vouchers to our respective homes and told us that we had been granted three months leave. Apparently this was mandatory for all returning prisoners. We were also given ten pounds each against our back pay. Naturally we both wanted to inform our relatives of our return, as we knew that we should have been posted 'Missing in action'. I found a pay phone and rang the neighbor of my Sister in law and asked here if she would please go next door and bring my Sister in law to the phone. The neighbor didn't ask who was calling and when my relative said "Hello" I said "Hi! Annie it's Les". She said "Les who?" I said "Your Brother in law, Les Davison, I just got back from Holland." Annie said "Oh my God, we all thought you were dead." I said that I would not try to explain now on the long distance phone but would she please tell my Mother and every one in the family that I was home and would be seeing them the next day. So ended one of the most exciting periods of my life and, as you can see by the foregoing story, one that is etched into my mind even after 56 years.

Les Davison 2005.

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