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Stonehouse. only 18 years old during the landings. he did not know what he was heading to, but he has been sharing his thoughts with graham. on good days, when the sun is out, tom stonehouse and his wife shirley liked to sit in their garden and watch the birds. tom is 98, his memory sharp as a pin. thomas stonehouse, 14713902. you never got paid until you could remember your number. and he said, after that, you'll never forget it. and up to this year, 14713902. tom was 18 on d—day. he was one of 160,000 allied troops who landed on the beaches of normandy. what were you thinking as d—day wa...

If... if there's another world and... you'd like that? i'd like that. 0h, oh, tom. amazing to hear your story. a big thank you to 98—year—old tom stonehouse for sharing his memories with breakfast, all of us. if you are watching, good morning, iam sure you will be keen to be part of the event today. the national commemoration of d—day eight years on. charlotte gallagher is with me. the king, the queen, the prince of wales will be here. this is important for them. by, wales will be here. this is important for them.- wales will be here. this is important for them. a lot of vips includin: i...

He ended the war in germany, just outside berlin, and then was taken to a concentration camp. they took everyone just to...let us have a look — see what happens in wars, the concentration camps — when they was closing him down. i think that was the worst of the lot. the stench! the actual stench was far worse, and...i would have rather not seen it than seen it. in 2018, tom was given the legion d'honneur — the highest french order of merit — for his part in the war. that was lovely. and then, see, the french president, after — he come up, shook my hand and give me a kiss — you know...

And it was a hell of a job to find... if you've lost someone, they weren't forthcoming with names. but you didn't see him again? i never see him no more. hard, losing people like that. it's hard losing people. it... it's... what can i say? it was a guilty fact that it was them and not me. why? and that question — "why?" — came up a terrific amount of times in my life. you felt guilty? i felt guilty. i felt guilty all the way through. when i see someone else go down, and i was still here. do you still feel guilty? i still feel guilty. newsreel: where the weight of battle had fallen heaviest...