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Meet Private Artie Crawford. He’s 92¾ and he’s just gone AWOL.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
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