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Hero's Welcome For 'Great Escape' D-Day Veteran
A 90-year-old who made his way to Normandy without telling his nursing home says he'll go again next year.
A D-Day veteran who went "AWOL" from his care home to see Friday's commemorations in France has returned to a hero's welcome.
Bernard Jordan, 90, was cheered and hugged by staff waving Union Flags at The Pines nursing home in Hove, Sussex.
"I had a great time. I'm really pleased I did it," he said after the Brittany Ferries ship Normandie arrived in Portsmouth.
Quizzed on whether he would go back next year, he replied: "Yes, I expect so. If I am still here, definitely!"
Brittany Ferries said Mr Jordan enjoyed a breakfast of bacon, two fried eggs, sausage, orange juice and coffee during the seven-hour crossing.
The pensioner would be given free crossings to the D-Day commemorations for the rest of his life, the company confirmed.