Deadly Effective: US Subs vs the Imperial Japanese Army-with Rich Frank - Episode 501

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome Season 5 into the world with very special guest, the "Grand Poo-bah" of Asia-Pacific War historians and very dear friend, Rich Frank. Rich delivers and absolutely fascinating presentation on the effectiveness of US Navy submarines against---the Imperial Japanese ARMY! Yes, you read that correctly. In a way that only Rich can, he lays out the numbers and analysis of the US submarine attacks against Japanese shipping and the catastrophic, almost unbelievable, losses suffered by the Imperial Japanese Army at the hands of pig boats. Don't miss this one. #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to episode 501 of the Unauthorized History of Pacific War podcast.
0:46.8	My name is Seth Parrott and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:50.7	And with me as always is my esteem co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Tody,
0:58.1	former skipper the Fast Tech submarine in USS, Indianapolis, Commodore Submarine Squadron,
1:03.8	3 and Port Harbor, and many others. Season 5, Bill, Holy smokes indeed. Seth,
1:09.3	I think when this airs, I'll have just come back from a trip to Greece and Turkey.
1:12.4	But what a way to start season five,
1:16.6	but to have our guest, the Grand Puba himself.
1:22.8	Yes, the Grand Puba of Asia-Pacific War historians.
1:26.0	If you were looking at the video, you can see him on the screen right now.
1:27.0	He's a good friend of mine.
1:28.7	I've known him for a very, very long time.
1:31.9	I've done a lot of work with him when I was at the National World War II Museum.
1:35.0	And always glad to have him here and proud to have him here.
1:37.9	Rich Frank, how are you this fine day, Rich?
1:42.3	It's a better day when I'm on an authorized history of the Pacific War.
1:45.2	Let me tell you, right now. Briefly, I want to give a shout out to episode 438 that you did with John,
1:50.0	partial, last week about the alternatives to the bomb.
1:53.9	I highly recommend it, particularly if you're a secondary school teacher or even a college
1:59.3	level teacher, if you just show just John's presentation without the add on towards the end, I believe it's under an hour and it covers the critical points, visually, very compellingly, very accurately, although we differ slightly. I would put Asian casualties a little higher than he does. But basically,
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