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A day of joy... and tears for the fallen - Scotland's WWII heroes relive the moment they knew victory was won

A day of joy... and tears for the fallen - Scotland's WWII heroes relive the moment they knew victory was won

It was the day when peace broke out across Europe, when a war-weary country threw off the shackles of fear on their great day of redemption.

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