Ted Rutland was 20 years old when he took part in the key battle during World War Two.
BBC News, NottinghamA 100-year-old World War Two veteran says he will "never forget" what he saw during the D-Day invasion.
As part of the 80th anniversary commemorations, Mr Rutland is due to unveil a new war monument in Portsmouth on Tuesday. “You had to try and get up onto the road but the Germans were firing at us, we couldn’t move," he said. Despite the bombardment, Mr Rutland said he - in a tank of five men - managed to get on to the road ahead, and travelled to Caen, where a battle was ongoing as part of the wider battle of Normandy.Mr Rutland had the job, as co-driver, to get out of the tank he was travelling in and shift bodies out of the path which he said had been placed there to slow soldiers down.
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