一位100岁的D日退伍军人吉姆·格伦尼获得了阿伯丁大学的荣誉学位,以表彰他二战期间的服务和遗产。 A 100-year-old D-Day veteran, Jim Glennie, received an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen for his WWII service and legacy.

一位100岁的D日退伍老兵Jim Glennie在国王学院礼拜堂的一次仪式上获得阿伯丁大学颁发的荣誉学位。 A 100-year-old D-Day veteran, Jim Glennie, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Aberdeen in a ceremony at King’s College Chapel. 1944年6月6日,格伦尼在诺曼底登陆时18岁,在剑滩与戈登高地人一起服役,受伤,被德国军队俘虏,关押在慕尼黑和莱比锡附近的营地,1945年4月获得解放。 Glennie, who was 18 during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, served with the Gordon Highlanders on Sword Beach, was wounded, captured by German forces, and imprisoned in camps near Munich and Leipzig before being liberated in April 1945. 该活动表彰了他的服务、韧性和战后为保护战时历史所做的努力，包括对戈登高地人博物馆的支持。 The event honored his service, resilience, and postwar efforts to preserve wartime history, including support for the Gordon Highlanders Museum. 女王亲自发来贺词,感谢他的贡献。 A personal message from the Queen expressed gratitude for his contributions. Glennie在大学的战争纪念馆放置了花圈,这是一位活着的Gordon Highlander老兵最后的这种行为,伴有一位吹着团团哀号的笛手。 Glennie laid a wreath at the university’s war memorial, the last such act by a living Gordon Highlander veteran, accompanied by a piper playing the regimental lament. 他的家人对这项承认感到自豪,注意到他谦卑和不断受到公众的钦佩,他是最后幸存的D日退伍军人之一。 His family expressed pride in the recognition, noting his humility and ongoing public admiration as one of the last surviving D-Day veterans.