Standing With Giants D-Day silhouettes return to Portsmouth from Normandy

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00:00MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS

00:18ENGINE ROARS

00:25JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS

00:46..round to it. We're speaking with Dan and Jeannette today.

00:49There is a hope that we can make this an annual event,

00:51bringing them back to Portsmouth and taking them across to France.

00:54I've given my commitment. I'll try and help with that.

00:56So, erm, maybe I'll come again next year.

00:58So, that's enough words.

01:00We ask God's blessing on all those,

01:03his guidance, his strength,

01:05on all those accompanying,

01:07all those who maintain,

01:08all those who put it together.

01:12So, we ask God's blessing in the name of the Father

01:14and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

01:17Amen.

01:18Amen.

01:19APPLAUSE

01:23Good luck on those.

01:24A maiden donated by the Women's Institute,

01:27representing the total number of fallen service personnel

01:31on D-Day and the Battle of Normandy combined.

01:34Standing Giants worked closely with the Normandy Memorial Trust,

01:37which has selected real letters from fallen servicemen

01:39of the Normandy campaign.

01:42Standing Giants included these on each of their silhouettes.