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Stories from people involved in past and present conflicts. A soldier from World War II returns to the beach in Normandy where he and his comrades landed in 1944.

Extraordinary stories about the brave men and women whose service is commemorated on Remembrance Sunday. Gethin Jones joins the armed services in Afghanistan to present these moving tributes to those who served before them and hears their emotional memories of war.

In this first episode, a soldier from World War II returns to the beach in Normandy where he and his comrades landed in 1944. A captured British pilot describes his terrible torture during the First Gulf War. And in Wales, a heart-broken young woman describes the loss of her partner in Afghanistan.

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Mon 4 Nov 2013 09:15

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Presenter Gethin Jones
Executive Producer Alan Brown

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A commemorative site including a WWI timeline, and profiles of servicemen and women.