BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:17:00
0ur correspondentjohn maguire has been to meet him. almost 80 years since he stormed the beaches on d—day, and bernard morgan not only still has the battle dress he wore that day — it still fits him. as a young sergeant in the raf he was a code and cipher operative, translating secret orders, and was ashore in normandy as part of a small signals team. when we landed it was sad to see all the dead soldiers lying on the beach. of course whilst we were there the enemy were coming over in low flying aircraft, so what we did, we jumped in a ditch at the side. when they'd gone, we got out. there...