D-Day veteran interview – What was it like saying goodbye to your parents to go to war?

Two children interview a D-Day veteran. 

His name is Ted Owens. He was a commando and a sniper. He almost died on D-Day and was wounded twice more in the Netherlands.

I’ll be posting some of their clips over the next fortnight.

Question one: What was it like saying goodbye to your parents to go to war?