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Second World War veteran John Jenkins talks about his experience of Operation Overlord, his lifelong support of Portsmouth football club and meeting world leaders including Donald Trump and the Queen earlier in 2019 - a year in which he also celebrated his 100th birthday.Describing being the centre of attention, Mr Jenkins told the PA news agency: “I’ve never been a nervous sort of person when faced by people of a higher rank because they are only human beings the same as I am.”Explaining the secret to his longevity, Mr Jenkins, who was made an MBE for his role as a company sergeant major in the Territorial Army after the war, said: “I’ve always been a keen keep-fit chap, I always used to like PT at school, I became a physical training instructor in the Army, I also used to do a lot of amateur wrestling in my younger days so that kept me pretty fit.”Mr Jenkins, who said football is a “big part of his life”, also keeps active through his role as boardroom steward at Portsmouth FC and as a volunteer at the D-Day Story museum.