75 Years Later-- Part 2: On Board a British Destroyer That Day

Retired Rear Admiral John Roberts, 95, was a 20-year-old junior officer aboard a Royal Navy destroyer that day and bombarded the German defenses.  Three British destroyers and three American destroyers were sunk on D-Day, but Roberts downplayed the danger he faced.

"I was in a ringside seat, as it were, watching the coast being bombarded by bombers, battleships; everything was firing at the shore.  But the fact is that it was a success, and we knew that really by the end of that day.  We caught the Germans by surprise."