98-year-old D-Day veteran shares memories with schoolchildren ahead of anniversary
For 30 years, Ken Cooke did not want to speak about D-Day. It brought back too many memories of comrades who went to Normandy but never returned.
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For 30 years, Ken Cooke did not want to speak about D-Day. It brought back too many memories of comrades who went to Normandy but never returned.
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Communities are coming together to pay tribute and remember the sacrifice of so many on the Normandy beaches 80 years ago. Ruby Kitchen reports.
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