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Every person alive today owes a debt of gratitude to the brave men and women, who served in World War Two. Many sacrificed their lives, others were maimed and injured in battle,Jordan Spizikes, or on the home front. St Dunstans is a charity founded in 1915,Nike Air Jordan 2011, to help blind and visually impaired ex-servicemen to re-build their lives. Below is the life experience of David Stack. One of the many ex-servicemen and women,who have benefited from the kind generosity of the people who support St Dunstans.
When Seaman David Stack sailed into the Cowes Roads at the beginning of June 1944,Nike Jordan 1, he couldn't quite believe his eyes.

Aged just 19, he was on board the Ulster Monarch,Air Jordan Space Jams Gawad Kalinga Community Sol, an Irish Sea ferry commandeered by the navy for use as a D-Day troop carrier. They had fitted new derricks to take six new Landing Craft Assault (LCA) boats and were practising landings with troops near Penarth on the Welsh coast.

In the days just before D-Day, the Ulster Monarch received orders to sail to Southampton to prepare for troop embarkation. As soon as the troops were taken on board, the weather changed and the invasion was delayed while the commanders waited for cross-channel conditions to improve.
The landings took place on different beaches at different times, to catch the high tide as it progressed up the coast. Around 7.30am on D-Day, David was off Juno beach helping to board troops in the LCAs and ferry them to the shore.
"We'd been working in the dark since about 4am getting everything ready. I mean in the dark because you couldn't show lights. As dawn broke and the Germans looked out they would have seen this huge fleet of ships - I don't know how many for sure, perhaps around 1,200 of them. It must have really spoiled their breakfast!"
For the next few weeks, David's ship crisscrossed the Channel, between the Normandy Beaches and Southampton, carrying supplies - including ammunition, armoured vehicles and a battalion of ATS girls, amongst whom was Mary Churchill.
"She was the most cheerful of people,Air Jordan Retro 1," recalls David, "she came down on to the lower deck and the guys had a bit of fun with her - asking if she knew what her dad was going to do next,Air Jordan!"
David saw out the war in the Royal Navy and when he left the service in 1946,Air Jordan Spizikes, he went into industry. Starting as a trainee engineer, he progressed to industrial engineering and was soon promoted into management. When he finally retired in 1991, he had become UK managing director of an international engineering company.
It wasn't until his retirement that David became a St Dunstaner. He had started to lose his eyesight in one eye to macular degeneration and when vision in his second eye began to deteriorate he knew he needed help.
David became a St Dunstaner in March 2002. Over the past six years, David has benefited from St Dunstan's help in many ways.

A St Dunstan's welfare officer regularly visits David at home to assess his needs. The lifetime loan of a CCTV electronic reading aid made a huge difference to David's life,Air Jordan Retro 4, enabling him to read more easily and keep in touch with all his paperwork. To help David maintain his independence at home in Devon, St Dunstan's has also installed railings up the side of his steep driveway to help him get to and from his front door more easily.
"St Dunstan's have been kind to me in very many ways. They've given me information I need, they've helped with equipment and improvements to my home. I also go to St Dunstan's reunions each year and when I get a visit from my welfare officer she always asks if there is anything I need."
After reading about David Stack`s life. Don`t you feel proud that our country had such brave and courageous men in it`s darkest day`s.
I know I felt a little ashamed of my own petty worries and problems in life. Because they don`t seem so bad after all compared to the struggles of some people. If you want to help blind ex-sevicemen like David. There is a link to the St Dunstan`s donation web-page below. Please give generously. I thank you in advance for your kind generosity.
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