War hero with the 'most dangerous job on D-Day' given Legion d'Honneur

Name: War hero with the 'most dangerous job on D-Day' given Legion d'Honneur
Uploaded: 2019-02-28T21:22:03.000Z
Duration: 1 min 19 s
Description: Herbert Thorpe helped create a smokescreen to distract German forces on the shores of Normandy in 1944. He has now been awarded the Legion d'Honneur.

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Herbert Thorpe helped create a smokescreen to distract German forces on the shores of Normandy in 1944. He has now been awarded the Legion d'Honneur.

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Derby

28 February 2019