D-Day veterans and world leaders have been taking part in emotional ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings that did so much to turn the tide of World War Two.
The sacrifice made by so many has been summed up by one 97-year-old veteran, Alfred Fuzzard, who spoke of having to prepare the body of a fallen solider for burial.
He says the discovery of a personal photograph on the soldier's body is a memory that has vividly stayed with him throughout his life.
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D-Day 75th anniversary
(back row left to right) Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia Richard Rasi, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of of Norway Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and Danish Ambassador to the UK Lars Thuesen. (front row, left to right) Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Theresa May, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, US President Donald Trump, President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte at a meeting of leaders the Allied Nations during commemorations for the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings at Southsea Common, Portsmouth.
You can watch his moving testimony in the video above.