John Dennett, 99, from Wallasay, plans to travel to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of the landings
A D-Day veteran fought back tears as he reflected on his wartime experiences and the pain of losing "those who didn't come back".
He added: "We couldn't sail on the 5th, which everybody knows now, but we were already in our anchorage outside in the Channel. We stayed overnight and then we set off, it must've been on the 6th around about midnight. He added: "Being a sailor, I'm glad I wasn't a soldier, put it that way. I don't know if I could've charged off our landing craft with a gun or not."
He said: "We took prisoners home on the boat, we took wounded. In the LST , when it's empty in the tank deck, they loaded it with stretchers and all that and we had an operating theatre temporarily. And if anybody on the stretchers needed operating on, they had a go at him."Reflecting on his time during the war, Mr Dennett said he was "very proud", before becoming emotional.
"I had a good visit of the world in various sections," he said. "I consider myself very lucky. I'm one of the lucky ones to see it and come home.
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