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EXCLUSIVE: The years might have advanced but nothing was going to stop some of the last Normandy invasion heroes from travelling to France to mark the most significant date of the year.
ROLAND WHITE: Vicky McClure visited Sword, on the Normandy coast with her grandfather, to recreate the moment where he donned his battledress and waded ashore.
Former Royal Marine Les Budding tells of his role on D-Day on the 79th anniversary of the landings.
The D-Day operation, on this day in history, June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in military history as Allied troops assaulted the beaches of Normandy, France.
Normandy's locals greeted veterans commemorating D-Day's 79th anniversary. Emotion and gratefulness moved the veterans as they strolled through the sand of Utah beach.