Battle history of the USS Indianapolis-Live from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Reunion

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week Seth and Bill are recording the podcast together on July 6, 2023, from Benicia, California, in front of a live audience at the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Reunion. They discuss the peacetime and wartime record of the Indy, and include Q&A from the audience at the end.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this special episode of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:28.5	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum back at Camp Shelby in Mississippi.
0:36.0	And with me is my esteem co-host, retired Navy Captain
0:40.1	Bill Toadie, former Skipper the Fast Attack Submarine USS Indianapolis, Submarine Squad, Commodore of Submarine
0:47.0	Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor and many other postings. How you doing, Bill? I'm doing great. Seth.
0:52.0	This is the first time we've done it live together in the same room.
0:56.7	And if it doesn't go off, well, this may be the last time we do it live and together in
1:02.3	the same room.
1:03.3	That is very true.
1:04.3	That is very true.
1:05.3	So obviously we're not in our normal locations.
1:07.6	We're here in Benicia, California, for the 2023 reunion of the USS
1:12.0	Indianapolis Legacy Organization. As such, we thought it would be most appropriate for this
1:17.6	particular episode to talk about Indies World War II history. And because we're here in
1:24.5	Benicia, Bill, you are definitely resplendent in your Navy whites.
1:29.3	As I sit here, like a schmuck in my jeans and plaid shirt.
1:33.3	Why are you dressed as you are?
1:34.3	We're both in uniform, Seth.
1:36.3	Indeed, it is.
1:37.3	It is.
1:38.3	So, yeah.
1:40.3	So obviously, Seth, when you wear a uniform as a retired Navy guy, you can't put anything on the uniform that you didn't earn.
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