97 - Japanese POW: Ray Fitchett
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Last year I got an email from Cole Gill, his grandfather had made a number of tape recordings recounting his experiences during the war serving on the Royal Navy ship HMS Exeter, then as a POW at the Fukuoka camp,where he witnessed the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Who wouldn't be interested in that story?
Cole sent them over and after listening to them they've been languishing in my virtual bottom draw on my computer, awaiting for me to have some inspiration.
Well I've got them out, dusted them down and what I have for you is the story of Raymond Fitchett.
It's a big thank you to Cole Gill for sharing these recordings.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Ang Swallis. |
| 0:35.2 | I have something different for this episode. Last year I got an email from Cole Gill. |
| 0:41.2 | His grandfather had made a number of tape recordings recounting his experiences |
| 0:46.6 | during the war serving on the Royal Navy ship HMS Exeter. Then, a POW where he witnessed the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. |
| 0:58.8 | Who wouldn't be interested in that story? So Cole sent them over and after listening to them they've been |
| 1:04.6 | languishing in my virtual bottom draw on my computer awaiting for me to have some |
| 1:10.2 | inspiration. Well I've got them out dust them down and what I have for you is the |
| 1:16.7 | story of Raymond Fitchitt. Now folks if you enjoy what you hear each episode I wonder if you would enjoy what you hear each episode, I wonder if you would consider becoming a patron. |
| 1:27.0 | It is the odd dollar also from listeners like yourself that help me as an independent historian find the time to research, |
| 1:35.4 | interview, edit and release the show twice a month. If you'd like to join the |
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| 1:45.1 | slash W. W.2 podcast and if you're not getting enough of me I do release extra tidbits of World War II chat to patrons when I have it. |
| 1:58.2 | So that's Patreon.com slash W.W.2 podcast to find out more and I thank those who already Basque in the satisfying |
| 2:08.9 | Rosie Glow from supporting the podcast. So Raymond Horace Fitchitt was born in Alberta, Canada on |
| 2:18.9 | the 22nd of December, 1916. I'll let Ray start off his story. |
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