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Cwmbran veteran recalls secret wartime role with safecracker

12:30pm Friday 25th June 2010

THEY were tough and ruthless and one of their number was legendary safecracker 'Gentleman Johnny' Ramensky.

Airman recalls ‘cushy’ posting to Newport docks

4:20pm Tuesday 4th May 2010

After more than 50 years a former RAF man throws light on a little-known aspect of Newport's post-war life - that there were air force people involved in the shipping business. Mike Buckingham reports.

Newport veteran gets war medal 65 years on

10:30am Monday 29th March 2010

A NEWPORT pensioner has waited 65 years to receive his medal for service during the Second World War.

Newport gran relives munitions film memories

12:30pm Monday 1st February 2010

A NEWPORT woman who helped build weapons which powered Britain’s efforts in the Second World War features in a new BBC4 documentary.

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Friends, family and comrades bid farewell to military man

8:30am Friday 22nd January 2010

MILITARY figures and those involved in Gwent's civic and charitable life are today saying farewell to Major Sam Jones who has died at the age of 82.

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Reliving memory of the captive years

9:00am Thursday 29th October 2009

A NEWPORT veteran taken prisoner in Taiwan during the World War II will return to the country for a final visit after years building ties with the island that held him captive.

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70 YEARS ON: Garndiffaith man's war memories will never fade

1:40pm Friday 4th September 2009

First came the gunfire then the mass of men and equipment and then the bodies started to float by. Mike Buckingham spoke to Con Harris, the sailor who lived through D-Day.

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'Pilgrims' visit site of Gwent soldiers' Great War victory

3:30pm Friday 17th July 2009

In the bitter battle for Mametz Wood Gwent soldiers took on the cream of the German Army and triumphed.

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Newport family unearth airman's D-day diary

9:47am Tuesday 23rd June 2009

THE FAMILY of a Newport RAF serviceman has rediscovered the diary he kept whilst serving in Normandy during the Second World War.

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Farewell to Blackwood naval hero

1:40pm Monday 22nd June 2009

The Royal Navy's thirst for action and the gentler arts of the creative soul came together in 'Mac' Dash who died last week. Mike Buckingham pays tribute to a dashing sailor and friend.

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