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Man completes promise to return sand collected by Grandfather on D-Day beach 80 years earlier

Man completes promise to return sand collected by Grandfather on D-Day beach 80 years earlier
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D-Day mission to keep grandad s 80-year promise

As his Army issue boots hit the sands of Juno Beach on 6th June 1944 Second Lieutenant Gilbert Jones bent down and scooped up a handful for luck.

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