05.13.2022 - By Paul Cheall WW2
The tale of an Australian soldier who has to bury dead Japanese soldiers - a very distasteful duty but one which years later paid him back in positive ways he could not have imagined at the time. More great unpublished history! Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross Link to Anzac Day parade led by Les Cook https://youtu.be/c4sGEiex73I Research links www.ww2talk.com https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/ Pwll Du Bay in Wales. Where U-Boats sneaked up! https://www.enjoygower.com/pwll-du-bay Rob Edmunds historical writer https://twitter.com/RobEdmunds11 Goliath mini tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine?wprov=sfti1 Island Destiny, stories from a German medic on Guernsey https://guernseypress.com/news/2008/05/20/love-across-war-lines/ Island Destiny: A True Story of Love and War in the Channel Island of Sark https://www.amazon.com/dp/1903341361/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_YQC974WAG5S89E17478Y Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2 Reviews on main website https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/ Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2 Follow me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/PaulCheall Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast