In this episode we invite you to hear more about US Army veteran and Nuremberg Trials prosecutor Mr Benjamin Ferencz. Graduating Harvard law school Mr Ferencz enlists and is posted to US Army unit 115th AAA Battalion which he deploys to UK with in December of 1943. Only days after D-day the unit is tasked with defending Omaha beach and later on to provide cover for the advance on, and battle of, Cherbourgh.Transferred to the newly formed War Crimes branch in the HQ of Gen Patton's Third Army ...

In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories.In this episode we talk about RAF pilot P/O Wilfred Sidney Knox from Trinidad. Upon deployment to UK he answered the call and volunteered, for what turned out to be, conversion to gilders. Being posted to “F” Squadron in the Gilder Pilot Regiment he piloted a Horsa II into an active combat zone in Operation Varsity.We were very honoured to have Mr Peter Knox, s...

In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories.In this episode we illuminate a small part of the legacy of Major-General Corran Purdon of No. 12 Commando, British Army.Hear how project founder Nick Devaux, after the success in Japan, obtained a signature from a participating member of Operation Chariot having been inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's documentary Greatest Raid of All Time.Intro (Trippin...

In our Log Book Chronicles series we invite you to journey with us as we speak more about the astonishing legacies of our signatories.In this episode we explore how the embryonic idea almost came to a sudden close in Japan but was resurrected as if it was meant to be.Hear the story of Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Mr Kaname Harada and Hibakusha, (Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor) Mr Shigeaki Mori that gave inspiration to pursue this journey.The CNN article by Rebecca Wright that started it all F...

In this introductory episode we invite you to learn more about The Log Book Project.What is the project about? How did it start?The entire episode is devoted to establishing a context for each of the over 200 signatories and individual WWII witness accounts within the project. No matter if you are a new or returning listener we hope to spark your interest with to journey further with us as we delve into the amazing stories of the project signatories.Intro (Tripping) and outro (The T...