Mr. Alec Penstone, a 100-year-old World War II Veteran, was featured on Good Morning Britain this morning. "What we fought for was our freedom. Even now, the country is worse than it was when I fought for it." #Veteran #Freedom #Country #WW2 #UK #RoyalNavy #BritishArmy #RoyalAirForce Credit: This Morning Ancre Somme Association Registered Charity NIC108368 | ASA Charity
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This is so sad 😢 Alec Penstone, a 100-year-old Royal Navy veteran who served his country from the age of 14, shocked Good Morning Britain viewers with his candid reflection on World War II. Despite his lifelong service, Penstone said that “winning the war wasn’t worth it,” pointing to the current state of Britain as his reason. His emotional statement has sparked national debate about sacrifice, legacy, and the country’s direction 80 years after the war’s end. (Via: @gmb) #history #sad #trendin
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100 year old UK Veteran Alec Penstone, who fought in WW2 says quote: "The sacrifice wasn't worth the result." Seeing the current state of Great Britian. #Godkeepourland #Canada #Britian | Adam Votary
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🇭🇲🇬🇧✊✊ Heartbreaking words from 100 year old WWII hero Alec Penstone on Good Morning Britain ahead of Remembrance Sunday "I can see in my mind’s eye those rows and rows of white stones... hundreds of my friends who gave their lives. For what? The country of today? No, I’m sorry the sacrifice wasn’t worth the result that it is now." He fought for freedom on D-Day, but says Britain today is "a darn sight worse" than when he served. 😔 This brave vet's regret is a wake-up call. We owe it to him
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A 100-year-old WWII veteran, Alec Penstone, who swept mines on D‑Day, said the victory “was not worth the result,” questioning the state of the country his comrades died for. Graham Davies: “I can understand his feeling of sheer sickness.” | TalkTVUK
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🇬🇧💥 Un veterano di 100 anni, Alec Penstone, ha dichiarato con profonda amarezza che la vittoria nella Seconda guerra mondiale «non è valsa la pena», guardando alle condizioni attuali della Gran Bretagna. Ospite del programma Good Morning Britain insieme ai conduttori Adil Ray e Kate Garraway, Penstone ha lasciato pubblico e presentatori visibilmente commossi mentre ricordava i giorni trascorsi al fronte accanto ai suoi amici più cari, molti dei quali non fecero mai ritorno. Quando gli è stato
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A 100-year-old veteran named Alec Penstone appeared on the UK television programme Good Morning Britain and said that the sacrifice made during World War II “wasn’t worth it,” because he believes the country he fought for is “a darn sight worse” now than when he fought. He said, speaking of his fallen comrades: “I can see in my mind’s eye those rows and rows of white stones … for what? The country of today? No, I’m sorry — but the sacrifice wasn’t worth the result that it is now.” He said, speak
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100 Year-Old Veteran Alec Penstone The Pain in His Eyes Says What Words Cannot. 🕊️ He didn’t shout. He didn’t plead. He simply looked into the camera and broke a nation’s heart. Alec Penstone, who served aboard HMS Campania during D-Day sat on Good Morning Britain & spoke the kind of truth that lingers long after the broadcast ends. “I can see in my mind's eye those rows and rows of white stones and all the hundreds of my friends who gave their lives for what? The country of today? No, I'm sorr
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The Based List on Instagram: "100-year-old World War II Veteran Alec Penstone breaks down live on TV over state of his country “What we fought for was our freedom, even now [the country] is worse than it was when I fought for it.”"
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Alec Penstone, vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale âgé de 100 ans, lâche des vérités fracassantes en direct à la télévision matinale britannique : «
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An emotional 100-year-old war veteran heartbreakingly declared that winning World War II ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to the state of the country at the moment. Alec Penstone appeared on Good Morning Britain joined by musicians the D Day Darlings, who surprised him with a performance ahead of Remembrance Day week. Asked by host Kate Garraway what Remembrance Sunday meant to him, war veteran Alec emotionally described how it felt as though winning the war was ‘not worth’ the sacrifice of how the country
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Northern Provisions on Instagram: "📸: Alec Penstone, a 100 year old British Royal Navy veteran of World War Two was interviewed by Good Morning Britain for Remembrance Day. When asked about what his message would be, he replied with: “I see in my mind’s eye, rows and rows of white stones, all the hundreds of my friends and everyone else that gave their lives for what? The country of today? No I’m sorry, but the sacrifice wasn’t worth the result that it is now.”"
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100-year-old veteran Alec Penstone declared winning World War II 'wasn't worth it' due to the present state of the UK. Proudly wearing his medals Alec Penstone appeared on the show in advance of Remembrance Sunday on November 9 and told how he quit his factory job to sign up for the Royal Navy and fight for his country as soon as he was old enough | Darren Gallagher
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M3TA Media on Instagram: "This is so sad 😢 Alec Penstone, a 100-year-old Royal Navy veteran who served his country from the age of 14, shocked Good Morning Britain viewers with his candid reflection on World War II. Despite his lifelong service, Penstone said that “winning the war wasn’t worth it,” pointing to the current state of Britain as his reason. His emotional statement has sparked national debate about sacrifice, legacy, and the country’s direction 80 years after the war’s end. (Via: @g
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Wall Street Citizen on Instagram: "100-year-old British WW2 veteran Alec Penstone says he and his friends fought WW2 “in vain” and that the country is in worse shape than when they thought they were “fighting for their freedom.”"
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• WWII veteran Alec Penstone, 100, said the war ‘wasn’t worth it’, due to the state of the UK today • He told Good Morning Britain the sacrifice for those is not reflected in ‘the country of today’ • This comes as a new poll shows rising national division in the UK over social issues A Second World War veteran has said that fighting “wasn’t worth it” due to the state of the country 80 years on. Alec Penstone, 100, who fought in World War II, has attended several remembrance events and appeared o
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Farrukh on Instagram: "Alec Penstone, 100 year old WWII veteran, "I can see in my minds eye, the rows and rows of white stones of my friends who gave their lives, for what?" "The country of today?" "No, I'm sorry. The sacrifice wasn't worth the result that it is now?" Adil Ray, "What do you mean by that?" Alec Penstone, "What we fought for was our freedom" "Even now it is a darn sight worse than when I fought for it""
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@hazard.one.actual on Instagram: "Alec Penstone, 100 year old veteran of WW2, on how the sacrifices his generation made during the war was not worth it. After World War 2, Britain not only lost its global power but also faced a deep change of culture and norms. Many veterans and older citizens barely recognised the country they had fought for. Economic struggles, deindustrialisation, and the loss of imperial purpose occurred alongside a decline in shared standards of behavior, authority, and soc
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