Posted on Jun 3, 2024
Blackpool D-Day veteran recalls Omaha Beach 'slaughterhouse'
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A D-Day veteran has said he will "never forget" the bloody attack on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 that led to 1,700 American lives being lost.
Joe Turpin, now 98, served on the ship HMS Ryde which was sent to protect the Mulberry harbour just off the beach in Normandy.
He was 19 at the time when he awoke early and went on deck and was "absolutely gobsmacked" to see "ships of all description".
Joe Turpin, now 98, served on the ship HMS Ryde which was sent to protect the Mulberry harbour just off the beach in Normandy.
He was 19 at the time when he awoke early and went on deck and was "absolutely gobsmacked" to see "ships of all description".
Blackpool D-Day veteran recalls Omaha Beach 'slaughterhouse'
Posted from bbc.com
D-Day
WWII World War Two
Military History
Posted 27 d ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel “We couldn't do a thing for them, those poor devils from America. You know, in the American anthem, the words are ‘home of the brave'… Those men were the bravest of the brave, he said.
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