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The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Historical review of Masters of the Air Episode 6

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8654 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill and Tommy discuss Masters of the Air Part 6. The guys get into the nuts and bolts of escape and evasion, the POW interrogations of John "Bucky" Egan and Allied prisoners, Flak Houses, and the emotional toll taken on the airmen of the 8th Air Force and others in the skies over Europe. Image courtesy Apple TV #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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Barrett and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.

0:23.9

And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain, Bill Tote, former skipper, the Fast Attack Submarine, USS, Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarine, Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings.

0:33.4

How are you this fine? February 26th, morning, Bill.

0:37.6

Doing great, Seth.

0:38.6

Looking forward to getting into today's review of Masters of the Air, Part 6.

0:45.2

Indeed.

0:46.0

And with us, as always, for these reviews, is Tommy Lofton,

0:49.9

director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.

0:52.1

How are you this fine February morning, Tommy?

0:54.8

I'm doing great. Good. Yeah, I had to actually look at my notes because I almost forgot my name.

0:59.5

So, there we go. I swear to God. Oh, God. Anyway, for the next several weeks in line with our regular weekly release on the Pacific War, We're going to be doing an additional episode each week reviewing Masters of the Year.

1:14.4

We're going to do, we've just been saying reviewing Masters of the Year, but technically

1:18.1

they're historical reviews.

1:19.5

So historical reviews of Masters of the Year.

1:22.2

And with that, I'm going to turn it over to my good buddy, Bill.

1:25.8

Bill, take it.

1:27.7

Thank you, Seth.

1:28.6

Yeah, as he said, you know, these are historical reviews in that we are going to talk about the episode.

1:34.5

So spoiler alert, like I do every week.

1:37.3

I tell you, if you haven't watched the episode, maybe you want to watch it first and then listen to us because we're going to give away all the secrets of what happens this episode.

1:46.8

And it was an interesting one, guys, to use movie language fade in Westphalia, Germany.

1:55.4

So remember that in the last episode, Bucky and his crew had bailed out of their fortress, their fort.

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