Immediate Post Pearl Harbor America with Rich Frank Part 2 - Episode 522

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back their mutual good friend, Rich Frank to talk about the after-effects of the Pearl Harbor attack here in the United States.The guys get into the fountains of rumors that sprang up from coast to coast telling of Japanese aircraft carriers in the Panama Cana Zone to Japanese paratroopers landing on Oahu and everything in between, including the so-called Battle of Los Angeles. All of these issues, and more, lead to the incarceration of Japanese Americans with FDR's Executive Order 9066--a black mark on American history. Tune in for this different, but still fun, epsiode as we look at the American homefront for the first time. #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 522 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:46.3	My name is Seth Pared and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:50.3	And with me, but not with me on camera, but he will be with me in this episode, my good buddy, historian, author, and good friend John Partial.
0:58.8	And as this week, if you watched last week's episode, you know we have a guest with us is our mutual good buddy, the grand pooh-bah of Asia-Pacific War historians, Rich Frank.
1:08.9	So last week we ended the episode talking about the appointment of Chester Nimitz
1:15.5	and the relief of husband Kimmel as Sinkpack.
1:19.0	And this week we're going to pick up exactly where we left off and finish this week's
1:23.6	episode talking about the different things that happen in the United States after Pearl Harbor,
1:28.7	specifically rumors of Japanese infiltrations and air raids over Los Angeles.
1:35.0	And of course, the incarceration, all of this leads to the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
1:41.8	And we'll talk about that in this episode.
1:43.6	We do hope you like it. And we'll go about that in this episode. We do hope you like it.
1:44.7	And we'll go back to our regular programming next week. So here you go. All right. So we just
1:51.3	finished talking about Chester Nimitz. In Hawaii, we talked about it, kind of touched on it briefly
1:55.1	earlier. In Hawaii, the rumors. And these rumors are going to spread all over the country. And they're
2:00.1	going to come to affect another portion of the portion portion of the population there very soon.
2:06.1	Rumors are rampant, you know, because as we were talking about, news is getting out to the
2:10.4	populace, but it's not it's not 100% truth, you know, and for multiple reasons, as we know, you know, fear is taking over a lot of the population of the United States because of these rumors, you know, there's rumors of Japanese paratroopers landing in Oahu and all kinds of different things like this and, you know, air raids.
2:31.9	We're going to talk about that in a minute. Go ahead.
2:34.3	Yeah, the night after the attack, you know, we deploy the army and they're all over the beaches
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