Battle of the Philippine Sea-The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot with Jon Parshall

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill and wingman Jon Parshall take a very deep dive into the first day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19, 1944, better known as The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. The trio looks at the Japanese plans, how they fell into American hands, and all the drama and intrigue between US Admirals as the largest Japanese fleet yet put to sea in the war heads straight for Task Force 58. The decisive battle that the Japanese hung their hopes on turns into one of the biggest routs in Naval history in the largest carrier battle of the war. Tune in and see what the team has to say.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 313 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:19.7	My name is Seth Perriden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby. And with me, as always,
0:25.6	is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Tote, former skipper of the Fast Tech Submarine
0:29.5	USS Indianapolis, Commodore of Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings.
0:33.7	How are you this fine November morning, Bill?
0:37.1	I'm doing great, Seth. I appreciate the opportunity to do this today. Really important topic.
0:42.7	Now, I know somebody's going to ask about my voice, and so I'll want to tell you up front that I've had lung problems since just a few days after 9-11, and they've been in kind of, there's
0:56.0	nothing serious, no cancer, anything like that.
0:59.0	But it comes and goes and it's back, and so I'm back on a medicine that tends to kind of
1:04.0	scorch my vocal cords.
1:06.0	It doesn't hurt.
1:07.0	It's not dangerous.
1:08.0	It's just the way it is.
1:10.0	And so I apologize for my earthy voice is that a good
1:14.6	way to describe it Seth i earthy is a good voice a good term but i prefer i prefer the the rugged sea captain
1:22.1	i prefer the right yeah even better even better thank you because it fits you for it fits, you know, it fits.
1:28.2	It fits.
1:33.6	It works. It works. You sound great.
1:40.3	But in all, in all seriousness, we, obviously, everybody hopes that you do feel better, if you will.
1:44.8	If you're watching, you can see we have a third member on our audience here as always.
1:49.6	And we're always glad to have him here with us. And we're happy that he is here.
1:53.0	John Partial, how are you this fine November morning?
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