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quite calm, funnily enough, saying, "do you think we've had it?" suddenly, there was an almighty crash and a shell came and it plum hit the vehicle, went right through to the bottom. when the dust cleared, i turned round and the man laying where you are to me, he was dead and black from head to foot, cos he must have taken the whole force of the blast. and all the others, the company commander, sergeant major, the driver — they were all killed except me. i remember when i got myself up and found out they were all dead and ifelt this burning, i thought, "i must be on fire." i remember going on the ground and rolling and that didn't do much good. so that was a nasty experience, being the only person of seven who survived. live from london. this is bbc news. d—day veterans are at the heart of commemorations in normandy on the 80th anniversary of the allied landings