Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Anopfuura makore 70 akapfuura varume vashanu ava mumwe nomumwe akaita basa rake rinokosha mukurwisa kweNormandy kwakatanga neD-Day. Vaviri vakanga vachingova vachiri kuyaruka, mumwe akanga achiri muduku, mumwe mutyairi mutsva wetangi uye wokupedzisira akanga ari murwi wehondo yomudondo. Varume vaduku vose zvavo vanoita rutivi rwavo mukubetsera kusunungura France. Kusvikira zvino zviito zvavo zvakapukunyuka ngwariro yavanyori venhau dzakaitika kare, asi nezuro ava varwi vakare veHondo yeNyika II vakamira vachidada parutivi pashure pokupiwa rukudzo rukuru rweFrance, Legion d'Honneur. Varwi vakashinga vanopiwa rukudzo rukuru rweFrance nokuda kwebasa ravo rinokosha paD-Day mumhemberero paYorkshire Air Museum, Kuruboshwe kuenda kurudyi: Gordon Collinson, Eric Gerald Briscoe, Thomas William Wright, Eric Gill, James Denwood naCatherine Rush uyo akanga achigamuchira rukudzo achimiririra murume wake Bernard Rush. Achitungamirira mhemberero yacho paYorkshire Air Museum paElvington, pedyo neYork, Mumiriri weFrance Sylvie Bermann akaudza varwi vaimbova varwi kuti: "Ndiri pano kuti ndizive nezvezvawakaita pakusunungura France uye kukudza ushingi hwenyu nokuzvipira". Vane makore ari pakati pe90 ne99 okukura, vari pakati pevokutanga vavachengeti vehondo 2,800 vapenyu vachagamuchira Legion of Honor mumwedzi iri kuuya. Chisarudzo chacho chakaziviswa neMutungamiri weFrance, VaFrancois Hollande, zvichitevera kupemberera gore rechi70 ravakapemberera gore rapera uye mumiriri wacho akati: "France ichachengeta vimbiso yayo". Kunyange zvazvo ndangariro dzacho dziri kupera zvino, boka iri revarwi vanozvininipisa - pamwe chete nechirikadzi yomukuru wehondo akafa misi ichangobva kupfuura iyi - havana kukwanisa kuvanza kudada kwavo sezvavakagamuchira zvichida menduru yokupedzisira youpenyu hwavo hunoshamisa. Eric Gill (kurudyi), murwi wenguva refu weBurma mushandirapamwe uyo akasvika pamhenderekedzo muNormandy, akafananidzirwa panguva yekusunungurwa kweFrance. GERRY BRISCOE akanga ari muvhimi paakapinda muchiuto pazera ramakore 18, gore rimwe gare gare akanga achiisa upenyu hwake mungozi kupfurikidza nokupinda mumhenderekedzo yegungwa yeNormandy. Yakanga iri nhambo yake yokutanga yechiito uye chinoitika chinotyisa nokuda kwomurwi akatsiga tisingatauri nezvomuduku. Mumwe mushandi ane...
Boka ndiro rekutanga varwi vapenyu ve2,800 kugamuchira Legion of Honour. Iye zvino vava nemakore okuma90, vaviri vacho vakanga vachiri kuyaruka pavakabatsira kusunungura France. Menduru yakanga iri mukuziva kwavo 'kubudirira kwoushingi' uye 'ushingi'