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Wallasey D-Day veteran returns to Normandy to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC News· 1 day agoJohn Dennett, of Wallasey, Merseyside, was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft gunner on one of the 7,000...
Grandfather of Vicky McClure recalls D-Day role
BBC via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoRalph McClure, now 97, served in the Royal Navy, ferrying tanks and heavy equipment to the beaches. Recalling how he had to take cover when his landing...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 1 day agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoLes Underwood, 98, a Royal Navy gunner on a merchant ship that was delivering ammunition to the...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: 'We were making history'
Reuters· 2 days agoRoyal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel 80 years ago on the eve of D-Day, a momentous ...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
San Francisco Chronicle· 12 hours agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: 'We were making history'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLONDON (Reuters) -Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts, timeline of invasion that changed course of World War II
The Express-Times· 4 hours agoEighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was...
D-Day veteran to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJohn Dennett, of Wallasey, Merseyside, was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft gunner on one of the 7,000 ships taking soldiers on to Normandy beaches, making...
‘Nobody told us where we were going,’ recalls D-Day veteran Alec
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBirdsall, 98, from Wakefield, cast a wreath into the still French waters at the stern of the ship....