Halsey's Carrier Raids in the South China Sea-Episode 411

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 107 minutes

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This week Seth and Bill take a look at Admiral William F. Halsey's carrier raids into the South China Sea in January 1945. As early as October 1944, Halsey realized that the South China Sea was an untapped hunting ground for Japanese shipping. These vital supply lines brought most of Japan's oil, foodstuffs, and raw materials to or from the Home Islands. Only recently penetrated by American submarines, the South China Sea was seen as open ground by Halsey. In January 1945, Bill Halsey took his 3rd Fleet into the sea and wreaked havoc across the area over a week. The destruction wrought by Task Force 38 was, at that time, unprecedented in terms of Japanese shipping sunk in a week's time. With the Japanese oil supply already at a critical level, Halsey and his carrier aviators put even more pressure on the Empire in this little-known, but vastly important, series of aircraft carrier raids. #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

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to episode 411 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:42.8	My name is Seth Perriden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:47.2	You're at Camp Shelby, and with me as always, it's my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy,
0:52.0	former skipper of the Fast Tech submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore, Submar Commodore, Submarine Squad, Interior, and Pearl Harbor, and many other
0:56.9	postings. How are you this swelteringly hot day in South Louisiana, South Mississippi, Bill?
1:04.2	Oh, it's only, it's been in, interestingly, it's been cooler here in Florida than it has
1:10.2	up north. It has in Florida than it has up north.
1:11.5	It has in Mississippi.
1:13.4	It's 84 degrees.
1:14.7	That's about right.
1:16.3	I moved here for the warm weather.
1:17.9	Not the hot weather, but the warm weather.
1:20.1	So it's not too bad here.
1:21.8	Hey, one more thing I want to say is that last week I visited USS Cod by the time this airs, that episode will already have been released as a special, but I do want to repeat again my gratitude for that crew.
1:35.8	What a magnificent submarine you can find on the banks of the Erie, Lake Erie.
1:42.4	It's just shocking to find it there is a good story about why it's there.
1:47.7	But those of you there in that area, I want to repeat what I said when I showed the episode
1:52.4	to just visit that place.
1:54.6	It's right across the, it's 100 yards from the rock and roll Hall of Fame.
2:01.6	It's a two-for.
2:03.0	How could you not visit it?
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