How Nations' Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn became beacon of hope for soldiers

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Standing on a makeshift stage in battledress and a slick of ­lipstick, Vera Lynn would look out at the sea of soldiers’ faces and feel the waves of yearning.And, as her clear, pure tones rang out into the night, the years of ­separation and sacrifice of war became just a little more bearable.

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