The Papers: 'Flagship breaks down' and 'Beer we go!'

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The Papers: 'Flagship breaks down' and 'Beer we go!'

The Daily Express is commemorating D-Day on its front page, with a picture of 100-year-old veteran Paul Terry on a beach in Normandy. …

The Daily Express is commemorating D-Day on its front page, with a picture of 100-year-old veteran Paul Terry on a beach in Normandy. Returning to the beaches for the first time in 82 years, Terry describes the landings of allied troops on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944: "It was hell on earth, we were all scared stiff, and at the age I was I just wanted to go home." D-Day, the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted, marked the start of a campaign to liberate …

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