Aug 7, 2023
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!
More great unpublished history of world war two!
Full show notes, photos and transcript
at:
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/93-the-82nd-airborne-Part-2-letters-from-Sicily-and-Italy-WWII-WW2/
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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/