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Mr Larson was among the nearly 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the Normandy shore on June 6 1944, surviving machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach (Thomas Padilla/AP)

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D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies aged 102
D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire in the June 1944 Normandy landings and went on to garner 1.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia (Rick Rycroft/AP)

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<p>D-Day veteran Bill Gladden, who has died at the age of 100 (Family photo/ PA)</p>

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D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider dies aged 100
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Second World War veteran beats Covid-19 to celebrate 104th birthday
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97-year-old WWII veteran #TakesaKnee in support of NFL players
97-year-old WWII veteran #TakesaKnee in support of NFL players

A 97-year-old has become an internet sensation after his grandson, Brennan Gilmore, posted a photograph of John Middlemas taking a knee in protest at Donald Trump’s comments on the NFL national anthem row.

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The veteran told to "have some respect" receives apology from the person who left the angry note
The veteran told to "have some respect" receives apology from the person who left the angry note

You may remember this story from last week in which a former US Navy member who parked in a spot reserved for veterans found a note on her car telling her to &rsquo;have some respect&rsquo;.

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