The explosion detached the gun platform I was on and the gun platform and myself, we went over the side... I came to in the water... The explosion, it's something else, the nearness you are to it, you don't really hear it, it's just a feeling of going through the air.
I was saved and I often ask the lord why me, when we lost 31 of the crew... There are 31 names on one single pillar and I should be picking out names, my friends, on that pillar. I shall remember each and every one of them, and I honour them.
Asked why it is important for Mr Ford to go back to Normandy for the anniversary, he said they gave up their life.
Speaking of his thoughts looking back on the war... To take part, it was a necessary evil but it had to be done. We don't want it to happen agai.
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