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RSS FeedsPrince Charles watches hero veteran, 97, join mass parachute in WW2 Battle of Arnhem memorial
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21 september 2019 16:35:06

 
Prince Charles watches hero veteran, 97, join mass parachute in WW2 Battle of Arnhem memorial
(World News UK)
 


A 97-YEAR-old WWII veteran parachuted out over the same Dutch city he was captured in 75 years ago and touched down to admit his jump left him feeling "absolutely terrified." Thousands applauded Sandy Cortmann, from Aberdeen, as he tandem dropped with the Red Devils on to Ginkel Heath, near Arnhem in Holland this morning. He was just 22 years old when he parachuted on to the same drop zone in September 1944 as part of Operation Market Garden, one of the war's most significant and ill-fated operations. The Prince of Wales, the Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment, accompanied by Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, met veterans of the operation...


 
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