A D-Day verteran recalled landing in Normandy on D-Day, as British veterans sailed from UK shores to join the D-Day ceremonies. Henry Rice, 98, paid tribute to his fellow comrades as he made the journey to Normandy. "I will go to the cemetery and yes, I will have a few tears in my eyes, and I do it out of respect and admiration for those boys. I survived and they didn't," he said.
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00:00 It's the thoughts of those lads that are still lying over there, those that gave their lives.
00:07 And I think they're wonderful.
00:13 And I just can't stop going there.
00:16 And I don't care who sees me, I will go to the cemetery, and yes, I will have a few tears in my eyes.
00:24 And I do it out of respect and admiration for those boys.
00:30 I survived.
00:33 That's it.