Today 6 June 2024, as a nation we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy, the most decisive turning point in the Second World War.

Blind Veterans UK who help to support vision-impaired ex-Servicemen and women to rebuild their lives after sight loss is honouring their D-Day heroes through the D-Day 80: In Their Own Words section of their website, telling their D-Day stories along with an online photography exhibition featuring portraits of 16 veterans who served in Normandy who receive support from Blind Veterans UK.

Mark Wheeler from Blind Veterans UK explains more to RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey about the D-Day 80: In Their Own Words campaign and section of their website, why the D-Day landings were so decisive in starting the end of World War II plus a summary of some of those stories that feature on their website along with an outline of a couple of the portraits too and what Blind Veterans UK would like people to come away with from visiting the D-Day 80: In Their Own Words section of their website.

To find out more about Blind Veterans UK, read some or all of the D-Day 80: In Their Own Words stories plus view and hear descriptions of the amazing 16 portraits do visit Blind Veterans UK website - https://www.blindveterans.org.uk

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