Liberated

Interviewer: Mr. Forsyth, after that tragedy, after that tragedy, the war ended. What do you remember about how you learned that the war was over?

There was plane, a plane went over when we were, we were coming in off the dock, after working all day, a plane from over and dropped millions of, millions, dropped millions, of little leaflets.
It's a notice to the prisoners's of war and it said that, "Food will be dropped and, and, and new, clean uniforms will be dropped." It was American uniforms but that was alright, we were glad, if anything, that was new and clean.

Interviewer: At that time, Mr. Forsyth, did you have a clear appreciation of the fact that you had been liberated, that you were free? That the war was over?

Well, I saw a man weeping, I saw a man weeping and, and, and the odd one was, well, let's face it, the odd one was hysterical, was hysterical.