Leapfrog-The Invasions of Hollandia and Aitape with special guest John McManus

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome back guest John McManus to talk about the dual invasions of Hollandia and Aitape. The trio discusses the logistical issues that plagued the Americans once the initial successful assaults came off and the bitter fighting that occurred at and around Aitape after the operations were both "secure."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome episode 306 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:17.4	My name is Seth Perid and historian and deputy director director of the Mississippi Armed Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:21.6	And with me as always is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Tody, former
0:25.6	skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine, USS Indianapolis, Commodore of Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor,
0:30.6	and many other postings.
0:32.6	How are you this morning, Bill?
0:34.6	I'm doing great, Seth. How are you? I'm recovering after a really, really nasty bout of COVID and strep throat on top of it.
0:44.3	Oh, no.
0:45.3	That was nice.
0:46.3	It's fun.
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:48.3	Lots of fun.
0:49.3	But this week we'd like to welcome back our new guest, but he's a returning guest for this season.
0:59.6	He is the curator's distinguished professor of U.S. military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology,
1:02.5	author of 15 books, and I'm sure many more in the future.
1:09.6	His trilogy about the United States Army operations in the Pacific during World War II have become go-to references on the subject, and we are always excited to have him back here with us
1:12.5	please join us and welcoming back john mcmannis john how are you this morning doing great great to
1:18.2	be with you guys i'm glad you're feeling better Seth that's really a bummer i have yeah it's not
1:23.5	yeah it's the second hand second time having the idis, but we'll be all right.
1:30.0	We'll be good thing we're doing this remotely, right?
1:33.4	Right.
1:35.3	Then it's safe.
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