they wanted to be able to identify something like a church or any sort of building which was recognisable because that was what they needed for landing on the right bit of coast. it was a very exciting job really. not many people knew where they were going to land, so i was very glad i did. what does it mean to you to be here today? well, it's really very moving because it's such an amazing, big memorial. i had no idea what it was going to be like and it's so enormous, and all these names down the pillars and all these little statues really, each representing so many of our own men who died aged 18, 19, 20, 21, all that sort of age when they were so valuable as soldiers and everything else.