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Having studied this campaign in
the National Defence Academy and
subsequently in the Army for various
promotion and competitive examinations,
and having seen the movie, The Longest
Day, it was my desire fulfilled to visit
these places and also meet some veterans
of D Day.
We remember with great honour and
respect those who had made the supreme
sacrifice for humanity, in the line of Duty
to become
*Liveth for Evermore*
They were the actual heroes and this
80th Anniversary of D Day, some
Veterans in their Nineties and three of
them Centurions, (the oldest being 107)
were attired very appropriately with
their medals and caps, being pushed in
their wheelchairs with teary eyes as they
remembered their fallen colleagues in
battle on D Day.
This demonstrated the true value of
camaraderie and regimental spirit for
the Armed Forces as one large family
of ‘Comrades in Arms’ this would be a
classic example for generations to come
in maintaining the ethos and values of the
Armed Forces.

Benouville bridge photographed on 9 june 1944

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