Japanese Atrocities in Manila with James Scott-Episode 405

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome author and historian James Scott to the show to discuss Japanese atrocities in Manila during the battle. The guys discuss some of the more heinous Japanese atrocities committed against the population of Manila at places like Dy Pac Lumberyard, St Paul's, and Fort Santiago. Following that somber discussion, the guys get into an interesting back-and-forth about Japanese General Yamashita his knowledge of the crimes, and his acceptance of his role in the catastrophe. This is a somber and necessary episode.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 405 of the unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast.
0:22.6	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:27.7	And with me as always is retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy, former skipper of the Fast-Tack submarine
0:32.9	U.S.S. Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarine Squadron, Tinkerville, and many others.
0:37.1	I'm choking, Bill. How are you this morning?
0:39.6	I'm doing great, Seth, although I'm not sure I'll be doing as well after we finish recording
0:44.8	this podcast today. I do have one bit of interesting news, though, came up this morning as we're
0:49.5	recording this on, let's see, it's June 25th, and notice that the Marines have landed on that air strip
0:56.6	in Pelaloo that my friend Cam, Pellatee, C.B, 102-year-old CB now, helped build. And so I'll be
1:05.7	going to see Cam on Thursday and visiting with him, and I'll be able to tell him that his runway is still in use.
1:13.7	It's a lot of things happening in the Pacific.
1:17.7	This week, we'd also obviously like to welcome a new guest to our show.
1:21.2	He is the former Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, author of Black Snow and Rampage,
1:27.1	the latter of which was named one of the best
1:28.8	books of 2018 by the editors at Amazon Kirkus and Military Times. His other works include
1:33.2	Target Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, the War Below, and the attack on Liberty,
1:39.6	which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Samuel Elliott Morrison Award. Currently, he's a scholar in residence
1:44.0	at the Citadel. Please welcome James Scott. Currently, he's a scholar in residence at the
1:44.3	Citadel. Please welcome James Scott. James, how are you? Gentlemen, hey, thanks so much for
1:48.5	having me on. It's pleasure to be with you. Yeah, it's going to be. I would say it's going to be fun,
1:52.7	but it's not. Let's be real with today's topic, honestly. Before we get started,
1:57.8	we would like to ask you to like and subscribe to our show, as it helps other people find our stuff.
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