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as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d—day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d—day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my leg...

You explain the wider context iam in i am in the seaside town here. this is one of the first french towns which was liberated by those d—day troops and it is not part of the official commemorations so the mood here is much less number. you might be able to hear behind me there are some 1940s music playing and there are lots of people who come here, they soak up the atmosphere, they were world war ii costumes and there are lots of vintage military vehicles. you might be able to see on the beach...