Immediate Post Pearl Harbor America with Rich Frank Part 1 - Episode 521

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back their good buddy historian Rich Frank to the show to talk about immediate post Pearl Harbor America. In the days and weeks after Japan's successful attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu, the United States found itself in a strange new world. The news hit both FDR and the populace like a thunderbolt causing mayhem and mass confusion from coast to coast. The guys get into the relief of Husband Kimmel and Walter Short, as well as the arrival of one Chester Nimitz as CINCPAC in the closing days of December 1941. We will continue the conversation next week as we look at the rumor mill that spun out of control in the US following the attack. #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 #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to episode 521 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:46.8	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:50.3	And with me as always is my co-host and good buddy historian and author john partial how are you
0:55.2	this fine august the 19th i am great i am deep in the weeds of indesign and creating the stupid book
1:05.7	so yeah this this will be a nice break from kerning and letting and, yeah, all that jazz. Anyway.
1:12.8	The stupid book. I doubt that it's the stupid book.
1:16.7	It's stupid big.
1:20.0	Anyway.
1:21.0	If you're watching you, you can tell that we have a third member of our crew with us. He's our mutual good buddy, the Grand Puba.
1:27.1	Rich Frank,
1:27.9	how are you today, Rich? I am fine and I'm always doing better when I'm in this company.
1:33.6	There we go. There we go. Before we get into today's episode, I just want to throw out a quick
1:37.9	reminder that John and I talked about last week. We've got a Q&A session coming up soon.
1:42.5	As this episode airs, we're still taking questions.
1:45.4	So from September the 9th through the 26th, please send your questions to unauthorized Pacific
1:50.8	podcast at gmail.com.
1:53.0	So my buddy Sean can go through them and do all his jazz.
1:57.1	Just put in the subject line question or Q&A or whatever the heck you want to do.
2:02.0	And that way he can find it easily and we can start pulling this together.
2:06.1	It won't be for several weeks before we do it, but just send them along, if you will.
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