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A LOCAL historian has published a book thirty years in the making about Inverclyde during World War 2. Vincent Gillen s labour of love documents the untold story of brave actions and the voices of the people who lived through the war. The Greenock Telegraph has also played its part in the new title, which includes interviews with those who survived and features the legacies of others who sadly didn t come home. Author Vincent used contemporary reports from the Telegraph and Port Glasgow Express, among other published articles, as well as interviews and personal reminiscences. Vincent, 58, said: This is an attempt to pull together almost thirty years of research into World War 2 and how it affected Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow and the villages of Kilmacolm, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay and the people who live there.

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