{"id":241899,"date":"2025-05-08T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/101-year-old-veteran-speaks-of-wartime-experience-on-ve-day-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:04:54","slug":"101-year-old-veteran-speaks-of-wartime-experience-on-ve-day-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/101-year-old-veteran-speaks-of-wartime-experience-on-ve-day-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"101-year-old veteran speaks of wartime experience on VE Day anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/C9zxagTooDs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"101-year-old veteran speaks of wartime experience on VE Day anniversary\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C9zxagTooDs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pauline Alexander, who served with the Women&#8217;s Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1942 to 1946, has reflected on her loss and the bravery of the wartime generation on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.<\/p>\n<p>Pauline was one of five siblings who all served in the Second World War, with three of them among the four family members she lost during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ve-day-anniversary-veteran-who-lost-three-brothers-in-ww2-hopes-celebrations-offer-people-the-chance-to-learn-from-history-13363625<\/p>\n<p>#veday #skynews #veterans #wwii <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pauline Alexander, who served with the Women&#8217;s Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1942 to 1946, has reflected on her loss and the bravery of the wartime generation on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. 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