D-Day's 80th anniversary comes as war rages in Europe and the number of veterans who can tell their stories dwindles. Events commemorating history's most audacious amphibious assault kick off today and Sky News will be bringing everything you need to know from the UK and Normandy.
A Second World War veteran who operated a radio on D-Day said she will never forget the 'horrific' sounds of gunfire, bombs and screaming.Marie Scott, 97, served in the Women's Royal Naval Service and relayed messages to and from her station at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth and the beaches in Normandy.Ms Scott, who lives near Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, then aged 17, described being shocked at what she heard the first time she used a radio to speak to a signaller on the frontline.
'I could hear rapid machine gun fire, heavier cannon fire, bombs dropping, men shouting orders, men screaming – it was horrifying.'It was war, and it was coming through my headphones.'She continued: 'The horrors of war are with you for a lifetime and those sounds will certainly be lingering with me until the end.
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