'I'm an RAF veteran – today we must do more than remember our fallen'

SOFREP Remembers: From the Greatest Generation to Today - Honoring Our Veterans

Today we give credit where it’s earned — to every veteran who stood the line, bore the burden, and kept our nation free; thank you for your service. Job well done. #VeteransDay #HonorOurHeroes #ThankAVeteran #ServiceAndSacrifice #RememberTheFallen #MilitaryAppreciation #TheGreatestGeneration #FreedomIsNotFree #VeteranPride

'I'm an RAF veteran – today we must do more than remember our fallen'

It's imperative that we honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but we must do something else too.

"I was one of the lucky ones": 103-year-old veteran on why we must remember

A 103-YEAR-OLD Jerseyman who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War has said that it is vitally important that young people remember the sacrifice that many of his colleagues made to secure today’s freedom. Derek Touzel, who joined the RAF in 1941 and would serve as an instrument mechanic in Italy and Egypt, said he was “one of the lucky ones” to make it through the War. Mr Touzel – who would go on to run his family’s tobaccon…