83 Australian Corporal Leslie Cook and the Japanese Doll

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.

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Link to Anzac Day parade led by Les Cook
https://youtu.be/c4sGEiex73I

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Pwll Du Bay in Wales.
Where U-Boats sneaked up!
https://www.enjoygower.com/pwll-du-bay

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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

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