Gordon Set to Honour Fallen Comrades

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One of the first soldiers to make dry land on D-Day is to make an emotional return to the Normandy beaches this summer.

Gordon Price spoke of the "chaos" near Sword Beach on June 6, 1944, when the 20-yearold Royal Engineer supported United States troops and tanks at the heart of the Allied invasion.

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Gordon Set to Honour Fallen Comrades

Now, thanks to a Big Lottery Fund grant, the 87-year-old from Swindon in Wiltshire, will return to Normandy later this year as part of the Heroes Return 2 programme.

The programme was backed by almost a m...

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