Reg Pye News Today

Jack Quinns landing craft was even ahead of the first wave on D-Day. He landed the night before, ferrying a team of commandos whose task was to attach explosives to German beach defences.

The Taxi Charity recently pulled out all the stops for one war veteran's special reunion with a French girl he'd met briefly 78 years ago . . .

Reg Pye kept a picture of Huguette, now 92, in his wallet for 78 years.

Reg Pye, now 99, from south Wales was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1944 when he met 14-year-old Huguette. He gave her a jam sandwich and she left him milk and a picture in his mess tin.

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Reg Pye kept a picture of the 14-year-old and finally met up with Huguette, 92, after a social media campaign brought them back together

Reg and Huguette reunite almost 80 years after a brief encounter when they shared a jam sandwich.

This is the second jam sandwich Reg has given Huguette... the first was 78 years ago when she was 14.