Walking with a stick, flanked by two members of his family and bathed in the light of a late September morning, 99-year-old Geoff Roberts laid the last of the wreaths at the Airborne Memorial Service for the battle of Arnhem.
Applause rang out around the war cemetery in Oosterbeek and a military band struck up Jerusalem as the former paratrooper approached the Cross of Sacrifice, a short distance from the spot where he was dropped into the battle exactly 80 years ago.
This year’s ceremony is […]
Final act: Arnhem veterans pay respects on 80th anniversary – DutchNews.nl
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