{"id":269815,"date":"2025-08-15T09:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/vj-day-anniversary-who-were-the-soldiers-of-the-forgotten-army\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:04:55","slug":"vj-day-anniversary-who-were-the-soldiers-of-the-forgotten-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/vj-day-anniversary-who-were-the-soldiers-of-the-forgotten-army\/","title":{"rendered":"VJ Day anniversary: Who were the soldiers of the Forgotten Army?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-NSm0dg4qLw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"VJ Day anniversary: Who were the soldiers of the Forgotten Army?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-NSm0dg4qLw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For Victory over Japan day, Sky\u2019s Events Commentator Alastair Bruce unveils the stories \u2018the Forgotten Army\u2019 who fought in the Far East campaign. 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