More from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Italy.
Preview of The Secret Beach: A Kids World War 2 Adventure. By James Papalia
Green Howards feature - online Sicily exhibition
Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage.
Loads of family stories!
Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/92-the-82nd-airborne-letters-from-sicily-and-italy-in-WWII
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Links to features in the show:
The Secret Beach - Great WW2 history for kids! Buy here on Amazon:
https://a.co/d/6klDSeb
Green Howards
https://greenhowards.org.uk/
Online Sicily Exhibition
See: https://greenhowards.org.uk/exhibition/first-foot-on-fortress-europe/
Kilroy
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwiiphotographs/permalink/663597541886219/
Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean VC WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1365913053815596/
Champagne Sylvie. La Vie en France
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRdwn9Ktd1z79n08YYVwhw
Facebook story: WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE The surly petty officer
https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/
Battles and Beers. Every soldier has a story, and every story deserves to be told. Nicholas Laidlaw - What War did to us
https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1156444198095817/
And here is the background to the Italian mission from
http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/pagina43.html
My mum kept her dads World War I record secret until I found them online.
https://facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/
78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic U-Boat, POW in Canada.
77 CBI Hump Pilot lost in China - The Seabees
76 Christmas at War 2021 WW2 History
75 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 2
74 Coffee with Ken Cooke D-Day veteran Part 1
73 Jack Stansfield British POW in WW2
72 More Seabees and family stories WWII
71 The Battalion Artist, US Seabees in the Pacific War
70 LCpl Jack Betley WWII comrade
69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2
68 Leslie Cook 5 - Australian in Burma WWII
67 Leslie Cook 4 - Sand, Sangers and Home Sweet Home WW2
66 Leslie Cook 3 Aussie in New Guinea WW2
65 Leslie Cook Part 2 Greece PLUS The Great Escape!
64 Cpl Leslie Cook Part 1, Australian in Burma & New Guinea WW2
63 Jean Lindsay, Child of the Second World War
62 Churchill's Hellraisers by Damien Lewis PART 2 WW2 history
61 Churchill's Hellraisers preview - Damien Lewis, WWII History
60 Omaha PART 5 - D-Day WW2
59 Omaha PART 4 - D-Day WW2
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