Meridian D Day

The exhibition called 'The Lucky Ones Grow Old' at Portsmouth's D-Day Story museum highlights how the war shaped the lives of the veterans.

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.