'I did things in the war I still can't talk about'

'I did things in the war I still can't talk about' John Shannon, 106, reveals the secret missions he took part in during World War Two

He was a school-teacher and spent the first month of the war taking a group of his pupils to their evacuation homes in Dorset.He was 106 years old when he told us his story.

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in 2025, the BBC is trying to gather as many first-hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve them for future generations.

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