Crossing the "T" - The Battle of Cape Esperance

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week Bill and Seth discuss the first surface victory of the Guadalcanal campaign for the US Navy off Cape Esperance. A shrewd commander, technological advantages, and overwhelming firepower are just some of the factors that drive the US Navy to victory over a Japanese cruiser and destroyer force in October 1942. Tune in to hear what the team has to say.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 118 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby. And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy. Former Skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis, counter of Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings. How are you this afternoon, Bill?
0:39.0	I'm doing great.
0:40.0	I hope our listeners know how much work it is
0:42.2	to keep this cadence of one episode a week going,
0:46.4	particularly for you, the historian, Seth.
0:49.3	I'm just a color commentator here.
0:52.9	You're the John Madden of the team. Yeah the yeah john madden that's why they play the
0:57.7	game yeah it is it is a ton of work yeah yeah and but you know i'm very heartened by the reaction
1:07.0	we're getting from listeners and viewers, some great, great questions.
1:13.3	Yeah.
1:13.5	And we were, so for our listeners, we are calling back our experts.
1:17.6	I mean, Seth is the expert, but I mean, questions on episodes that John Partial did.
1:23.3	We get John's input in response to those questions that come up that people are entering
1:28.7	on the YouTube page or on the whatever other page.
1:33.6	So you do get an opportunity to engage, re-engage with our guests by asking these questions.
1:41.0	And so the guests seem to be enjoying it.
1:43.2	And we certainly are too. We are. And, the guests seem to be enjoying it, and we certainly are too.
1:45.0	We are. And, you know, and we get a lot of comments on the YouTube side of things.
1:52.0	And those are answered by either Bill or myself. It's about 50-50. I think it is about
1:58.0	who answers what, basically whoever gets to it first.
2:00.0	Whoever gets to it first. Whoever gets to it first.
2:03.1	It's who is who.
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