D-Day: Dead bodies and blown-up tanks littered the beach but we had a job to do

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D-DAY veterans yesterday told of being in the first wave of the liberation of Europe as they gathered in the historic HQ where the world's biggest ever invasion was planned.

The men, now in their 90s, met at Southwick House, the Georgian Mansion near Portsmouth where 75 years ago next month SupremeAllied Commander Dwight D Eisenhower gave the green light for the Normandy landings. Underneath a huge map showing deployments on June 6, 1944, the old soldiers reminisced about what was to follow. They included Percy Lewis, 96, of Guildford, who served with 1st Battalion Buckinghamshire Regiment and later 1st Battalion Black Watch.

 

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