BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2021 12:24:00
Walking around it. those not on the walls, the ones who made it home, were fortunate, says eric strange. he was a young sub—lieutenant in charge of beach—landing craft. it was very rough, actually, on the 5th ofjune and 6th, very rough. i got picked up and dropped off sword beach. the rest of the lads had to go over on their own steam, which was a bit naughty that night, 40—foot open barges, as it wasn't a quiet evening at all, very rough sea. it was a hell of a thing to happen, so it is something that you keep in your mind, ina way. but it was all a long time ago. such was the scale of ...