{"id":6004,"date":"2019-06-12T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2019-06-12T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:08:08","slug":"ridgeway-magazine-2nd-d-day-special-5th-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=6004","title":{"rendered":"Ridgeway Magazine &#8211; 2nd D-Day special 5th June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The focus is on Weymouth and Portland in &#8216;Bodies and Buddies&#8217;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are looking at the rumours about the burial of hundreds of US troops killed in training in the days before D-Day. An eyewitness to the landing of the bodies tells all<\/li>\n<li>Lord Dannatt, former Chief of the British Army and founder of Help for Heroes talks about the composition of an invasion force<\/li>\n<li>Historian and author Peter Caddick-Adams tells us about the Yanks who became buddies and sets the scene locally before D-Day. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/authors\/1062921\/peter-caddick-adams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Books website<\/a> for more information about Peter Caddick-Adams<\/li>\n<li>Les Sullivan of the Nothe Fort talks about the macabre duty of the Weymouth fishing fleet<\/li>\n<li>Stephen George of the Portland D-Day Centre on the vital importance of the Mulberry Harbour<\/li>\n<li>The irrepressible Poppy Butcher talks about singing for the US troops and her job at Portland Dockyard at the age of 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6004-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3\">http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/RidgewayMagazine050619-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>See also our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=5952\">first D-Day Special<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focus is on Weymouth and Portland in &#8216;Bodies and Buddies&#8217; We are looking at the rumours about the burial of hundreds of US troops killed in training in the days before D-Day. 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