The 99-year-old veteran who lied about her height to join up and support D-Day
294A Second World War veteran who was so determined to serve that she faked her height so she was tall enough to join the Wrens, has said she is proud of the work she did to support the troops in the run-up to D-Day.
Ninety-nine-year-old former signaller Dorothea Barron, whose role was vital in helping troops train ahead of the Normandy Landings, recalls joining the Women's Royal Naval Service in 1943 at the age of 18.
She said: "I put things under my heels and cut cardboard shapes and wore them inside my shoes and I put my hair up and stood up very tall, as tall as I could.
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