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This project formed part of the VE and VJ Day 80 commemorations

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VE & VJ Day 80

Letters to Loved Ones

Tag: Pre-war

Pudney P2

Jim Pudney to his wife Joan

"I suppose that in England things have been normal during the last few days but out here things have been looking very black"

Sent from: HMS Shropshire

Date of letter: 14 April 1939

Donald Currie letter

Donald Currie to Susan Jemima Bertram Shields

"The RAF certainly do themselves well & seem to get everything they want"

Sent from: Bedford

Date of letter: 25 June 1939

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A note on language

The items published here have been contributed by members of the public and have not been edited by DCMS or Imperial War Museums except to obscure personal data potentially still sensitive today. The letters contain language and assumptions that represent the views and attitudes of the time, some of which may be considered outdated, prejudiced or discriminatory today.

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