On D-Day I sure I was going to get home.
I made sure I was going to get home On
the 6th of June 1944.
A then 18 year old Albert Kerr played his part
in D-Day.
80 years later and he still remembers how he felt
at the time.
We did feel a bit scared at that time and
different things.
Everything goes through your mind when you're in danger.
We were coming in and out to the ports.
I was in the Navy, of course I was going
out serving the sea.
For anything like bombs underneath the water, we you have
to search for them and then leave, drop death charges
to blow them up.
D-Day marked the beginning of the end for World War
2, which for many troops like Albert would mean they
would finally be able to return home.
We went back home and we were very happy to
get back home because you never know when you go
to sea if you're ever going to get back again.
I felt marvelous and safe when I got back in
time, although has been quite happy ever since I got
back.
I've never been sad or anything like that since ago.
8 decades later and Albert is still proud of what
he accomplished on D-Day, but like so many veterans, he
is remarkably humble.
Oh so many of us, so many in the Navy
and they're doing the same job as you.
So how could you be a year over all these
rothers you couldn't.
I feel happy that we won the award and that
we beat the Germans and we got them out to
France.
Sophie Reaper.
GB News.