Nursing Home Tells Soldier He Can’t Go to Normandy – So He Sneaks Out and Goes Anyway –ABCnews.go.com

British D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan, 89, sneaked out of a nursing home on England’s south coast on Thursday and turned up in Normandy today to mark the invasion’s 70th anniversary, authorities said. The Royal Navy veteran got his photo taken with ferry staff and the “Candy Girls,” who were performing 1940s songs for veterans.
Courtesy Brittany Ferries

June 6, 2014

  A British D-Day veteran who was reported missing from a nursing home turned up in Normandy today after traveling to France to mark the invasion’s 70th anniversary, authorities said.

Bernard Jordan, 89, sneaked out of the home on England’s south coast on Thursday after being told by staff he could not make the trip to Normandy. Donning his war medals, the Royal Navy veteran joined his former comrades on a coach and then a ferry to travel to France.

The nursing home staff called police Thursday to report Jordan missing. Officers started searching the area, including checking nearby hospitals but failed to find him.