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.