as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
Remarkable images and stories of the people who served. iam i am looking at the words of the king in his speech, he said stories of courage, resilience and solidarity cannot fail to move us, inspire us and remind us of what we noted that wartime generation. that is the point of events like today, to remind us of their sacrifice. it really is, it was incredibly emotional service for everyone watching, and there is pictures of the queen in tears in the royal box. all these stories of sacrifice, this entire generation that gave so much. 80 years ago today, where at this stage is, where the audience were sat, it would have been so different, full of thousands and thousands of allied troops preparing to go to normandy. and they had no idea what to expect. some of them were so young they hadn t even been on a beach before, they hadn t been
On a beach before, they hadn t been on a beach before, they hadn t been on a boat before. it had not faced military action and they were going into battle, it must have been incredibly terrifying and we heard the stories of some of those soldiers today, one of them walked on stage and said he was 19 on d day and he was part of a tank regiment and he was part of a tank regiment and he was very badly injured and he lost both his legs below the knees, but he said he felt he was one of the lucky ones because he survived any came home. he said in fact he was here today to represent all those comrades who are no longer here. it is an shrinking group unfortunately of d day veterans, the youngest are in their late 90s and a lot of them say how important it is for them to share their stories and memories, so what they did and their friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic, friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic, i friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic,
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