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/
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17 Gallipoli Part 2. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
16 Gallipoli Part 1. WW1 Memoirs of Sgt Fred Reynard
15 The WWII Poems of Sapper John Frederick Smith 2022
14 The Last Flight of Lancaster Lily Mars, WW2
13 Blitz bomb disposal memoirs of Sgt Brian Moss, Royal Engineers, WWII
12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview
11 Dunkirk little ship, The Bee memoir WW2
10 Dunkirk ship diaries of Capt Tom Woods OBE, WW2
9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII
8 D-Day WWII poems of D E Gray
7 D-Day Diary of D Gray Part 2
6 D-Day Diary of D Gray Part 1
5 Claude Reynolds - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview 1
4 Wilf Shaw - Veteran interview 1, Second World War
3 D-Day - Sgt Brian Moss Royal Engineers, Second World War
2 North Africa WW2 - Veterans' accounts of Second World War
1 Dunkirk WW2 - Veteran Bill Cheall's story of the beaches, Second World War
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