A 97-year-old veteran who fought at the real Battle of Dunkirk had an emotional reaction to the movie

The INSIDER Summary:"Dunkirk" is about the real-life World War II battle where hundreds of thousands of British soldiers were evacuated.A 97-year-old veteran of the battle watched the movie."I lost so many of my buddies," he said while tearing up."Dunkirk" hit theaters this past weekend. It's based on the true story of the World War II battle of Dunkirk, where ordinary citizens took their boats across the English channel to help British soldiers evacuate the soldiers. One of the navy men who was at the battle 77 years ago, Ken Sturdy, teared up when he described his experience watching the film."I thought I could see my old friends again," he told Canadian TV station Global News. "A lot of them died in the war. I went in a convoy in the North Atlantic and I lost so many of my buddies."At the 1940 battle, Sturdy was a 20-year-0ld signalman with the United Kingdom Royal Navy, he said in the interview, which was spotted by Reddit. He helped coordinate the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk."I had the privilege to see that film tonight," he said. "I never thought I would see that again. It was just like I was there again."At the end of his interview, Sturdy talked about how awful the war was, and how it took many of his friends."I cried because it's never the end," he said. "The human species, we are so intelligent. We do astonishing things. We can fly to the moon. But we still do stupid things."Watch the full interview below:Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: The inventor of Roomba has created a weed-slashing robot for your garden
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