'I'm excited to be going' said US veteran before D-Day trip
102-year-old veteran Robert "Al" Persichitti, who died on the way to the D-Day commemoration, said he was "excited" for the trip in an interview recorded the day before he left.
The World War Two US Navy veteran was travelling to France for an event marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
He was airlifted to a hospital in Germany on 30 May after suffering a medical emergency aboard a ship heading to Europe, and died the following day.