War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size,

and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history

through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. James Early. Hello and welcome to another special bonus episode of Key Battles of the Pacific

Theater of World War II.

This is your host, James Early, as always.

And this is going to be a little bit different.

This is probably the one episode in the entire series that is going to have little or nothing to do with World War II.

Who knows, it may come up, but I thought we'd do something different this time.

I have a very special guest for you.

He is the voice that you hear at the

very beginning of the podcast. He does the intro and he's the very last voice you hear. He does the

outro. And he and I become acquainted recently. And he is also a professor and a podcaster. We'll talk

more about that later. But he is, I'm so excited to have here with me tonight, the one, the only, Dr. Gregory Jackson.

How are you, great?

I am, I'm doing well.

Thank you for that very kind introduction.

Oh, I'm just getting started.

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