One of Britain's last remaining D-Day veterans honoured with special party ahead of VJ Day

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A special party was held in Leeds in honour of one of Britain's last remaining D-Day veterans.

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Jack Mortimer, 102, was just 20 when he bravely stormed Nazi-occupied beaches while under fire.

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He was a corporal with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during World War Two and part of the Allied forces that landed on Sword Beach in Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944.Jack was tasked with transporting troops during Operation Neptune – the name given to D-Day landings – as the Allied forces pushed into mainland Europe.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The valiant dispatch rider rode in his Jeep as enemy mortar shells exploded around him.At a special celebration of his life and achievements at his Leeds care home, Jack looked back on that fateful day and told GB News: "I landed it (in) about three feet of water, and I made it all right; I made it back on D-Day."There were guns going off and pistol shooting all over the place, and I don't know how I survived, but I survived."There were thousands and...

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