WW2 sailor defies the odds to reach 100th birthday

Name: WW2 sailor defies the odds to reach 100th birthday
Uploaded: 2023-02-07T16:25:43.000Z
Duration: 2 min 6 s
Description: A World War Two sailor who was believed dead in a 1944 torpedo attack celebrates his 100th birthday.

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Morrell Murphy was on board the HMS Capel when it was hit by a torpedo in 1944.

The Royal Navy believed he had been killed in the attack, until he turned up alive and well on his parents' doorstep a short time later.