- Contributed byÌý
- derbycsv
- People in story:Ìý
- John Marsh
- Location of story:Ìý
- Haifa, Palestine
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4555695
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 26 July 2005
This story was submitted to the People’s War Website by a volunteer from Derby CSV Action Desk on behalf of John Marsh and has been added with his permission. Mr Marsh fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.
I was in the RAF and when VE Day came I was in Palestine. While everyone else was celebrating we were confined to camp because of terrorists.
I remained in Palestine just north of Haifa for a further year as part of the peace keeping force and during this time we couldn’t relax at all - even on New Year’s Eve we couldn’t have a drink as we were expecting a raid on the armoury. I was out there when they bombed King David’s Hotel in Jerusalem.
I was finally demobbed in 1946.
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