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The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Historical review of Masters of the Air Episode 9

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

Naval History And Heritage Command, History, Imperial Japanese Navy, Sam Cox, Admiral King, Cruisers, Spruance, Fargo, Seth Paridon, Fighters, Pacific War, Stavridis, Cactus Air Force, December 7, Station Hypo, William Toti, Bombers, Bill Toti, Navy, Halsey, Submarines, Society & Culture, Education, Us Navy, Mush Morton, Cincpoa, Documentary, Guadalcanal, Imperial Japan, World War Ii, Midway, Aircraft Carriers, Cryptology, Wake Island, Nimitz, Cincpac, Macarthur, Pearl Harbor, Wahoo, Courses, Battleships, New Guinea

4.9872 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill and Tommy take a look at the final episode of Masters of the Air Part 9. The guys go into the POW march to Moosburg, Gale "Buck" Cleven's escape, Johnny "Bucky" Egan's days as POW, Rosie Rosenthal's final mission, and much more. Join the team as they wrap the final episode and give their thoughts on the series as a whole. 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. My name is Seth

0:19.6

Perid and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.

0:23.6

And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain, Bill Toaddy, former skipper, the fast attack submarine, U.S.

0:29.4

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

0:33.2

How are you this fine March day, Bill? Yeah, I'm kind of torn, Seth.

0:39.3

I'm kind of happy to wrap this up, Masters of the Air.

0:43.0

On the other hand, I wish they had done so much more that it would have been great to cover

0:48.1

even more episodes, but this is it, last episode.

0:52.3

Indeed, indeed.

0:53.1

And joining us, again, as he has for all of these episodes, is director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.

0:58.8

My good buddy, Tommy, Lofton, Tommy. How are you this fine? March 18th.

1:02.4

I am great. How are you guys?

1:05.4

Just peachy.

1:06.3

It's fine. Peachy.

1:08.5

And as I've done with all of these, Bill, it's your show.

1:13.2

All right.

1:13.8

So, guys, here we are.

1:16.1

The title of this episode for the producers,

1:18.9

from the producer's standpoint,

1:20.6

should have been Operation Recovery from Nosedive.

1:24.7

The question's going to be,

1:26.8

how have they done it? And bottom line up front,

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