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Forces Sweetheart, who in June 1944 was homeward bound and exhausted after a gruelling tour of Burma and the Middle East when her plane touched down in Jerba, Tunisia for a night stop over.

‘We had been told just before we landed that there was a whisper something was afoot. I was therefore hoping that there wasn’t anything going on that would stop me from getting back. We freshened ourselves up and then we went into this little tent where there was just a handful of officers. We said, “Right, let’s turn the radio on.” There was this little wireless in the corner. And that’s when the news came over that the boys had started and the operation had begun. We all gave a little toast in that tent. And we said we hoped that this was the beginning of the end.’