Overview
- Appearing on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on November 7, Alec Penstone said he feels the country today does not reflect what his friends died for.
- Garraway thanked him and his generation for their service and told him it was this generation’s duty to build the country they fought for.
- Penstone described volunteering at 15 during the Blitz, later enlisting in the Royal Navy before 17 and serving on HMS Campania in support of the D-Day landings.
- He recalled returning home on VE Day to his fiancée, Gladys, with whom he shared a 77-year marriage, and he still sells poppies at age 100.
- Viewers reacted emotionally on X, with posts praising Penstone and noting they were moved to tears by the interview.