BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 05:21:00
We all prayed. you say you don't believe in god, but when the time comes, you say god, don't worry. and i was very, very lucky. so very lucky. some 4,400 allied troops died on d—day. around 9,000 were wounded or missing. gunner chafer, who landed on sword beach with the 7th armored division, remembers it all. well, the noise was terrible, wasn't it? terrible noise. banging and flashing and god knows what. bullets flying around. just a mass of soldiers running everywhere, really. some calling for their mates, you see some of them go down and you just have to ignore it. it's part of the war, y...