Historical review of Masters of the Air Episode 7

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week Seth, Bill, and Tommy take a look at Masters of the Air Part 7. The team dives into actual POW life in Europe during WWII, discuss the P-51 Mustang and its importance in the Allied aerial effort over Europe in 44 and 45 as well and dig into some of the personalities of the real men portrayed in the episode and even get into a few unknown bits of the real story of the Great Escape. 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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Parrott
0:18.4	and 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,
0:25.0	Bill Toaddy, former skipper, the Fast Tech submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarines
0:29.5	Squad and Triumph, Pearl Harbor, and many other postings. How are you this fine March the 4th morning,
0:34.9	Bill? I'm doing great, Seth. And before we jump in today, I want to tell you Annapolis graduates,
0:40.6	I know there are many of you out there who watch the podcast or listen to it,
0:44.3	that Seth and I will be doing a session in the afternoon of April 25th at the Naval Academy
0:50.4	Alumni Association's new headquarters in Annapolis.
0:53.5	We will share registration details later,
0:55.8	but the event will be open to midshipman and graduates. And it's going to be first to register,
1:02.4	first gets a seat. So if you're in the Annapolis area and want to attend April 25th,
1:07.7	you might want to pencil that date on your calendar now. And as soon as we get registration details, we will share them with you.
1:14.2	Seth.
1:15.2	Yeah, honored to be asked.
1:16.9	You know, I am too.
1:17.8	Yeah, honored to be asked to be a part of that panel.
1:20.8	And grace the hallowed halls of Annapolis with my lowly presence.
1:25.8	But anyway, here to welcome the third member of our crew
1:29.7	is Tommy Lofton. He's not here to welcome. I'm welcoming Tommy Lofton, director of the Mississippi
1:35.2	Armed Forces Museum. How are you this fine, foggy morning? Yeah. I mean, technically,
1:40.2	I'm right down the hall from you. But nobody knew that until you just said that.
1:46.0	Well, now you know.
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