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/
58 Omaha PART 3 - D-Day WW2
57 Omaha PART 2 - D-Day
56 Omaha PART 1 - D-Day WW2. Overseas and Then Over the Top
55 Les Rutherford interview - Lancaster bomb aimer, WW2 history
54 Okinawa - Saul David - Crucible of Hell WW2
53 Sniper Harry Furness, Second World War
52 For You the War is Over
51 Episode Fifty Special! Pt Two - Dunkirk 80 & more
50 Episode Fifty Special! Pt One - Dunkirk 80 & more
49 Christmas at War 2019, Second World War History and Poetry
48 Captain H E Hovell - First World War History
47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two - Jonathan Trigg Preview
46 D-Day Through German Eyes Part ONE in the Second World War
45 Gold Beach Normandy trip WW2
44 Sidney Stevens Lancaster Pilot WW2 history
43 Canadian Seaman Ray Fitchett POW and HMS Exeter,
42 D-Day 75 - Landing Craft Tank in WWII - Eric Clarke
41 A last coffee with Wilf Shaw, WW2 history
40 Four Brits & a Frenchman at Dunkirk plus Gallipoli
39 Stan Perry Listener Feedback and WW2 Quiz
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