A tear for his fallen comrades: One of Britain's last surviving D-Day veterans, 99, who signed up to fight the Nazis just aged 17 in 1941 gets emotional as he remembers 'the young fellas we lost' during Normandy landings
Daily Mail - 2024-05-21T23:04:48.000Z

John Dennett, who signed up to serve in the Royal Navy against his mother's wishes at the age of 17 in 1942, says he was 'one of the lucky ones' to survive the conflict.

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