Guadalcanal's Longest Fight with guest Dave Holland - Episode 535

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall talk with their good buddy, Guadalcanal historian, Dave Holland. The guys get Dave to dig into his new book, Guadalcanal's Longest Fight: The Pivotal Battles on the Matinikau Front. Dave goes into just what made the Matinikau river the single most fought over section of territory on Guadalcanal and why Tenaru, Edson's Ridge, and the Battle of Henderson Field WERE NOT the main fights of the six-month-long campaign. Tune in for this fascinating talk, and buy Dave's book! #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 #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to episode 535 of the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast.
0:45.1	My name is Seth Perid and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:48.5	And with me as always is my good buddy author, historian, co-host, John Parshall.
0:53.0	How are you this fine Friday, John? I'm good. Actually, author, historian, co-host, John Partial. How are you this fine Friday, John?
0:56.2	I'm good. Actually, uh, reached a milestone in, in the stupid book process this week. I now have a
1:04.0	complete end to end, uh, version of the thing. It's all basically laid out. So that's. Yeah. It's a little bigger than I wanted to be. And so it's clocking in right now at about
1:19.7	1,284 pages. And yeah, we're exploring some things to bring that down, mostly just in terms of trying to compress the end notes a little bit and consolidate some of the citation.
1:34.9	But yeah, we want it at 1250 is really where we want it.
1:39.9	So it's where I'm at.
1:41.4	But it feels good.
1:42.5	It's like, you know, I can generate a PDF and it's like, there's the whole book.
1:47.2	It's uncorrected, but at least it's all there.
1:49.8	So that's why I am.
1:51.5	That's awesome.
1:52.7	Good for you.
1:53.7	Congratulations.
1:54.6	Well, we are here to talk today about another book.
1:58.5	And if you're looking at the screen, you can see that we have our mutual
2:02.5	good buddy, the Guadalcanal, the Guadalcanal Grand Puba, which would be Dave Holland. Dave,
2:10.7	how are you, my friend? I'm very, I'm doing very well. It's a Saturday morning here, actually,
2:16.4	at 7.05. I am. I'm doing very, my day's a Saturday morning here, actually, at 7.05 a.
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