‘Mixed feelings’ as D-Day veterans sail for 80th anniversary commemorations
D-Day veterans told of having “mixed feelings” after they set sail for Normandy for the 80th anniversary commemorations.
Dozens were on board Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel on Tuesday morning, many in good spirits, though one was seen teary-eyed.
The ship was accompanied by patrol vessels Trumpeter, and Basher as well as HMS Cattistock and the Training Ship Royalist, with tugs spraying water as it travelled out of
