Framed Portrait Photograph of D-Day Veteran Bernard Morgan. ...

Hammer

£50

Framed Portrait Photograph of D-Day Veteran Bernard Morgan. Overall size including frame 76cm x 56cm. This is his story: "The morning of DDay and there was constant gun fire over our heads from navy vessels. This continued throughout the day. Our technical vehicles finally went ashore at 6.30pm. The beach was littered with dead bodies either shot or drowned or washed in by the tide. A sight never to be forgotten by a young 20 year old airman, seeing his first dead body, sadly most of them British. That first night on land was a nightmare. we slept, or tried to sleep, under our vehicles for some protection from crossfire. All night the sky was lit with tracers and heavy gunfire. We were glad to have survived a memorable day and felt lucky to be alive. In May 1945, a message arrived in the cypher office. We decoded and typed and pasted up the message and my colleague turned to me and said ‘Ey Taffy the, wars over! ‘.
We were some of the first to know the news but under strict orders, could not tell anyone else until it was announced the following day".

More Information

Very good condition.