100 - Left For Dead At Nijmegen
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On the 17th September 1944 Gene Metcalfe, of the 82 Airbourne, parachuted in to Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Approaching the bridge they were to capture Gene is injured in a firefight and left for dead. He would spend the rest of the war as a POW.
I talk to Gene about his wartime experiences in the Airbourne, as a POW and what happened once he was liberated.
Left for Dead in Nijmegen, by Marcus Nannini, is the story of Gene's war, it is a fantastic read and well worth picking up a copy.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello, welcome to the hundreds episode of the World War II podcast. |
| 0:34.8 | I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 0:36.2 | I have a special episode for you. |
| 0:38.8 | This is being released on the 15th of September 2019 and not only is that the date Hitler |
| 0:46.0 | had penciled for Operation Sea Lion, the Invasion of Britain, it's also my |
| 0:51.5 | wedding anniversary but pertinent to this episode, 75 years ago, the men of the |
| 0:58.0 | first airborne army were making their preparations to undertake Operation Market Garden, the thrust into Holland with the aim |
| 1:06.8 | of seizing a Rhine crossing. |
| 1:09.6 | But it's not just the anniversary that makes this episode special. I'm joined by Jean Metcalfe. |
| 1:16.7 | As a young man, Jean jumped into Holland with the 82nd where he would be wounded at Naimagun. |
| 1:24.0 | And he tells his story in the book, Left for Dead at Naimagun. |
| 1:29.0 | But before we get to that, I'd like to say a thank you to all those people who have supported |
| 1:35.7 | the podcast by subscribing joining in the conversation on Facebook and shooting me emails |
| 1:41.0 | from time to time after a hundred episodes I'm as enthusiastic as when I started. |
| 1:46.3 | But I have other news. As some of you know, after starting the podcast I returned to university and have studied for a master degree which I've now completed. |
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