We fought ferociously against the Japanese and we defeated them. ... We experienced terrible, terrible things.

Joseph Hammond

Sometimes when I am in my sitting room, it comes before me, when we were crossing the river, fighting, it's printed on my memory like a video film, anybody that goes to war, everyone must have respect for that person. It is not child's play.

He's a veteran and I am a veteran. I sat quietly and thought over... his achievements and thought why not, if he has done it in Britain, at 95 years old, I can do it Joseph Hammond.