Meridian D Day

First lieutenant on a tank landing craft, Mr Willis helped ferry US troops and tanks to Utah Beach on D-Day.

As a schoolgirl in Devon, Sonia Sayed has clear memories of D-Day and the American troops who trained for the invasion close to where she lived.

An able seaman with the Navy, Arnold Salter was on board a steamer that transported hundreds of Canadian troops to Juno Beach on D-Day.