Voice of VE Day 75 - Tom Jones
WW2 Nation Podcast
English - May 07, 2020 21:05 - 4 minutes - 8.26 MB - ★★★★ - 86 ratingsSociety & Culture comedy culture entrepreneur news politics entrepreneurship interview health business leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
To mark the 75th Anniversary Commemorations of VE Day, we spoke with a few of the veterans we know about their experiences on 8th May 1945 and hear their advice for future generations.
Tom served in General Bill Slim's 'Forgotten' Fourteenth Army. Brought up in Liverpool, witnessing the Blitz here as he worked in the city's air-defence before joining up where he was posted to India for his training with the Royal Artillery. He went on to become a wireless operator for a Forward Observation Officer with the 33rd Jungle Field Regiment battling through Burma against the Japanese. He was still fighting the Japanese in the jungle when the ending of the war in Europe on VE Day was announced.
*Please note this episode may contain some explicit language / content, parental guidance advised.*