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Chris Tarrant: 'My hero dad never talked about D-Day'
Eighty years ago, 24-year-old Basil Tarrant from Reading led soldiers from the Royal Berkshire Regiment in a successful D-Day assault.
Basil lived until 2005, but his son, the broadcaster Chris Tarrant, tells us his father never spoke about the experience. Chris speaks to 大象传媒 Radio Berkshire's Katie Tyler.
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