Cassino - a radio programme recorded to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1994.
Featuring music and interviews by Don Carson with former chief Operations Officer for the New Zealand Division at the time, Sir Leonard Thornton, military historian John Crawford and former broadcaster and Cassino veteran Selwyn Toogood
Starts with song..."We're the D-Day Dodgers" by The Spinners.[Music content removed from online audio due to copyright restrictions]
Don Carson reviews the history of the Cassino battle in Italy during World War II.
Sir Leonard Thornton, John Crawford and Selwyn Toogood discuss their memories of the battle as well as their understandings of the history of the conflict. The destruction of the Monte Casino abbey is also covered.
Includes a recording of "Recita" from the opera "Il Pagliacci" and Selwyn Toogood recalls experiencing opera in Milan during the war.