99-year-old D-Day veteran Alec Penstone, who served on HMS Campania as a submarine detector, visits Normandy on the 80th D-Day anniversary.
99-year-old D-Day veteran Alec Penstone, who served on HMS Campania as a submarine detector, will visit Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day to pay his respects to his shipmates. Penstone's role was to protect the invasion force by stopping any U-boats attacking from the sea. After the war, he was tasked with searching for three rogue German U-boats that had not surrendered.
June 01, 2024
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