Donald Sheppard: D-Day veteran
He was among a unit of Royal Engineers who landed on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, as part of one of the most successful military operations in history. He later helped to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Carried a piece of shrapnel around in one of his lungs for years before a doctor told him it'd be better off removed. The few are becoming fewer every year...
He was among a unit of Royal Engineers who landed on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, as part of one of the most successful military operations in history. He later helped to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Carried a piece of shrapnel around in one of his lungs for years before a doctor told him it'd be better off removed. The few are becoming fewer every year...