Now on bbc news, were looking back to june and the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Robert hall followed three hundred veterans as they boarded a ship to return to the beaches of normandy. Its a duty to go back. It is, i feel its a duty to go back. What these men did on d day was the most important moment, just that one d day, in the whole war. In june 1944, allied forces invaded nazi occupied france, marking the beginning of the end of hitlers domination of europe. 75 years on, we follow a group of five veterans as they return to the beaches for what could be the last time. You never, neverforget it. Its there. I mean, sometimes you lay in bed and you go through it all. Well, its the last round up, isnt it . I mean, im 95, ive still got one or two more. Theyre here to pay tribute to everyone who never made it back. I hope its going to bring it home to all the people exactly what happened. Not what i did what we did. By the man, salute hello, ken, how are you
By the man, salute hello, ken, how are you . 75 years ago, these men set sail for the normandy beaches. I was wounded on sword beach, the first wave in. Everything all right, yeah . Now, helped by the Royal British legion, 300 of them are returning to normandy. The veterans were part of one of the most ambitious military operations ever attempted, d day. Newsreel boarding ship for the battle of normandy, the army group carrying out the assault is made up of british, canadian and american forces. Some of them have been back before, but never on a journey quite like this. This will be my third visit. Itll be totally different to the other two. Cos the other two, we were just a small group of normandy veterans. But nothing as big as this one. Theyre aged between 90 and 101. For some, this will be the last time theyre able to make the trip. Did you ever go to caen . 0h, did i go to caen well, we shelled the hell out of it. We took caen on the 8th ofjuly. Itll be an amazing adventure. I kep
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And there are your headlines on the bbc. Now on bbc news, we are looking back to june and the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Robert hall followed 300 veterans as they boarded a ship to return to the beaches of normandy. Its a duty to go back. It is. I feel its a duty to go back. What these men did on d day was the most important moment, just that one d day, in the whole war. In june 1944, allied forces invaded nazi occupied france, marking the beginning of the end of hitlers domination of europe. 75 years on, we follow a group of five veterans as they return to the beaches for what could be the last time. You never, neverforget it. Its there. I mean, sometimes you lay in bed and you go through it all. Well, its the last round up, isnt it . I mean, im 95, ive still got one or two more. Theyre here to pay tribute to everyone who never made it back. I hope its going to bring it home to all the people exactly what happened. Not what i did, what we did. By the ma