Drone_pilot
02-06-04, 00:18
The rain could not dampen the spirits of more than 100 veterans commemorating the 60th anniversary of D-Day at London's Imperial War Museum on Tuesday.
And for Maj Gen Peter Martin, the weather took him right back to the night after the longest day.
"I curled up in my bedding blankets with a light rain falling on my face and a general feeling of euphoria - we had got through the beaches without getting killed," he told BBC News Online.
At 1000 BST that morning, 6 June 1944, Maj Gen Martin was among the first wave to land in Normandy.
He was commanding a machine gun company in the 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry's Cheshire Regiment - part of the 50th Division's assault on Gold Beach.
"I remember it vividly," the 84-year-old told BBC News Online surrounded by his former comrades in arms.
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And for Maj Gen Peter Martin, the weather took him right back to the night after the longest day.
"I curled up in my bedding blankets with a light rain falling on my face and a general feeling of euphoria - we had got through the beaches without getting killed," he told BBC News Online.
At 1000 BST that morning, 6 June 1944, Maj Gen Martin was among the first wave to land in Normandy.
He was commanding a machine gun company in the 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry's Cheshire Regiment - part of the 50th Division's assault on Gold Beach.
"I remember it vividly," the 84-year-old told BBC News Online surrounded by his former comrades in arms.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3766847.stm)