MEN like Leonard Smith, veteran of the D-Day landings, helped to ensure the survival of the freedoms that today we take for granted.
We who were too young to serve in the Second World War are honoured to have in our midst heroes who risked their lives so that future generations may live in peace, free of the threat of tyranny.
At the age of 82, Leonard is heading back to Juno Beach thanks to the help of a web forum.
We applaud the group for giving him the opportunity to revisit a site where he saw so much carnage and displayed so much courage.
The debt we owe to men like Leonard can never properly be repaid.