, known asjohnny since 96—year—old joan butterfield, known as johnny since her 96—year—old joan butterfielder navy days, one of the remaining few who remember vj day because they were there. she was then a wren, aged 21, stationed in then a wren, aged 21, stationed in the far east and tasked with decoding signals, one of a group of young women who had joined the navy to serve their country. 75 years on, she hasn't forgotten the most important message she came across. we were receiving signals from all over the place. somebodyjust shouted, "it's over! it's over, the war has finished!" but we still had to carry on. for sergeant francis raley, the japanese surrender signalled the first steps towards freedom. like thousands of others he had endured years of suffering in prisoner of war camps. his daughter is proud to be here today. was taken captive by the japanese and taken to sumatra and he was for three and a half years where he saw the most horrendous torture of people. he was lucky he didn't receive too much bad treatment in that respect but it must have been horrific for them. gosh, if he