A VETERANS’ technology project has enabled the only surviving member of D-Day heroes No 4 Commando E troop to see his family on the other side of the world. Private Harvey O’Hara, from Burnley, was one of the original D-Day leaders, when aged 21 he landed on Sword Beach in Northern France. As a member of Veterans In Communities (VIC), a Haslingden-based charity that works throughout East Lancashire, he has benefited from the ‘Veterans Should Not Be Forgotten’ project and now has a tablet on loan that has opened up the world to him. Harvey, 97, whose service nickname was Paddy because of his Irish surname, lives with his grandson Brett, a Royal Logistics Corps veteran.
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