75 Years Later, D-Day Veterans Cruise Back to Landing Beaches-- Part 1

From the June 5, 2019, Chicago Tribune by Danica Kirka.

Retired British Rear Admiral John Roberts, 95,  got back into the military side of his life quite easily as he boarded a ship bound for Normandy, France, and events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  He had his white beret in place, a chestful of medals and began inspecting Sea Cadets line up for him.  Then, he got on a boat, just hoping that after being away from the sea for 40 years that he wouldn't get seasick.

Roberts and about 300 other veterans of the Normandy invasion left Dover Sunday for a six-day trip that will take them back to where they were all those years ago.  They will cruise to Dunkirk and Poole before arriving in Portsmouth, England where British Prime Minster Theresa May and Donald Trump will join other world leaders for a commemoration of D-Day on Wednesday.

They will then leave Portsmouth Harbor that evening and arrive in Normandy the next morning, retracing that famous crossing they made in 1944.