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The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Historical review of Masters of the Air Episode 8

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8654 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill and Tommy take a look at Masters of the Air Part 8. The team discusses the accuracy, tropes and history behind some of the scenes in the penultimate episode of the Apple TV series. 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 the Pacific War podcast.

0:18.0

My name is Seth Perron, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Cam Shelby. And with me, as always, it's my esteemed co-host,

0:24.8

retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy, former skipper, the Fast Tech submarine U.S.S.

0:28.5

Indianapolis, Commodore Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings.

0:31.8

How are you today, Bill?

0:34.4

I'm feeling like the European theater of operations today, Seth.

0:38.0

I'm ready to go on with it.

0:39.7

Indeed.

0:40.5

Indeed.

0:41.1

And joining us as he has with all of these reviews of Masters of the Air is director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.

0:46.8

My good buddy, Tommy, how are you, Tommy, on this March day?

0:51.7

I'm good, guys.

0:53.2

How are you?

0:54.2

Not too shabby.

0:55.6

Been busy, shall we say?

0:56.8

Been very, very busy.

0:58.3

Well, Bill, I am handing it over to you.

1:01.0

Go with it.

1:01.7

Okay, and we'll start as we always do with spoiler alerts.

1:04.7

There's a lot of spoiler alerts.

1:06.0

If you haven't seen part eight, what do we call it, episode eight of Masters of the Air yet. Yeah, so don't listen to this.

1:14.1

Go watch the episode and then come back and see if you agree with us. That's going to be the

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