BBC 2 Series – WWII Secret Agents
Subject: BBC2 Series – WWII Secret Agents Hi, I hope this finds you well – My name is Raphaele and I am a Casting Assistant Producer from Wall to Wall Media. I am working on a new…
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News from New Zealand
This is the latest news letter from our friends in New Zealand received April 2017
Monte Cassino, Anzio and Rome Battle Field Tours
Dear friends of the Italy Star Association My name is Danila, I’m a battlefield guide, specializing in the Italian campaign of WW2 and in particular Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio, and Rome battlefields.I have a Master’s Degree in History and Archaeology….
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Drop Zone ‘Morris’
Anne Storm has recently returned from Italy where she visited the site of the memorial to the Crew of Liberator KH158. The plane was on a routine supply drop mission to the resistance forces operation in the Ligurian mountains it…
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Battlefield Study to Salerno. 8th -11th September 2017
Battlefield Study to Salerno 8th – 11th September 2019 Cost £425 per single room and £606 per double/twin room. For further information please visit www.cassinobattlefields.co.uk or email f.deplanta@btinternet.com
From Our Man in Italy, August 2016
A Full Page in The Daily Telegraph for Our Man in Italy Harry Shindler The recently published book ‘My War Is Not Over’, written by ISA’s Man In Italy Harry Shindler, was recently reviewed in the Daily Telegraph and took…
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Annual Service of Commemoration and Remembrance at Italy Star Association’s National Memorial,Westgate Gardens, Canterbury 2016
Annual Service of Commemoration and Remembrance at Italy Star Association’s National Memorial, Westgate Gardens, Canterbury, Kent Sunday 10th July 2016 Due to the long distance between Devon and Kent we travelled to our destination of Sandwich a couple of days…
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Allied Forces Day, Plymouth
RAF & Allied Air Forces Monument Service Committee Allied Forces Day – Saturday 25th June 2016 The first event on the City of Plymouth’s programme for Allied Forces Day was a service of commemoration and thanksgiving, held on The Hoe…
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In The Spotlight, Sergeant John (Nat) Percy Edwards
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Sergeant John (Nat) Percy Edwards 7th Platoon A Coy 6th (Royal Welsh) Parachute Battalion Article submitted by Peter Edwards the son of Sergeant John Edwards Giving a false age to enlist John joined the…
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The Long Road to Tavoleto by Jim Morgan
THE LONG ROAD TO TAVOLETO Almost two years had elapsed between the completion of my training as a wireless operator with the Royal Corps of Signals in October 1942 and the time and place which is to be the subject…
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