'Today's Brave Troops Should Be As Much in Our Thoughts As Heroes of 70 Years Ago' ; Dame Vera Lynn's Rallying Call to Us All

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HER songs cheered the boys as they fought in the Second World War - and lifted the spirits of anxious loved ones back home.

And this week, 70 years after Britain declared war on Germany, Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn proved she is still the nation's darling.

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'Today's Brave Troops Should Be As Much in Our Thoughts As Heroes of 70 Years Ago' ; Dame Vera Lynn's Rallying Call to Us All

At 92, she has become the oldest living artist to have an album in the Top 20 - overtaking U2 and Eminem with her collection of rousing wartime classics, including We'll Meet Again and Wh...

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