{"id":240865,"date":"2025-05-05T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wwii-veteran-recalls-special-chance-encounter-with-winston-churchill\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:05:08","slug":"wwii-veteran-recalls-special-chance-encounter-with-winston-churchill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wwii-veteran-recalls-special-chance-encounter-with-winston-churchill\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII veteran recalls &#8216;special&#8217; chance encounter with Winston Churchill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ib25zN1Znrc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"WWII veteran recalls 'special' chance encounter with Winston Churchill\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ib25zN1Znrc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sky\u2019s Sarah-Jane Mee sat down with the WWII codebreaker Pat Owtram, who joined the Women&#8217;s Royal Naval Service at age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>Pat, who had learnt German from refugees taken in by her family, spent the Second World War using those skills to translate enemy submarine communications, and once bumped into Britain&#8217;s wartime prime minister while reading a library book.<\/p>\n<p>#veday #skynews #vetran #churchhill <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky\u2019s Sarah-Jane Mee sat down with the WWII codebreaker Pat Owtram, who joined the Women&#8217;s Royal Naval Service at age of 18. 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