Normandy Veteran
I recently had the chance to speak with a British veteran of the Normandy Campaign for a few minutes at the local library. He described landing on the beaches in a Sherman tank and, coming under heavy fire it was eventually destroyed. A small group of them were pinned down for a time with only pistols to fight with. They survived and eventually found a replacement tank which got them through to the end of the war.
There were a few tables set out with memorabilia and a box of random photographs that were free to take. I can’t resist a found photograph.