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Film Number |
9286 |
Title |
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - JACK CUNNANE] |
Producer |
Paul Crone |
Date |
2019 |
Gauge |
.mxf |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
17 mins 28 secs |
Description |
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Jack Cunnane, aged 95 from Bury, landed with REME (Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) on Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. His vital role with the recovery trucks was to keep tanks, jeeps and moving military equipment in working condition once they had landed on the beach. Many wouldn’t start because of sea water in the engines. He spent all day under constant fire repairing vehicles, eventually being hit by shrapnel and then told he wouldn’t walk again. Jack’s war continued until VE Day, May 8th, 1945 in Northern Germany. |
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