Operation DETACHMENT-The Invasion of Iwo Jima Part 1 with Jon Parshall-Episode 409

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 147 minutes

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This week Seth, Bill and great buddy Jon Parshall discuss the Battle of Iwo Jima in the first part of a miniseries on Operation DETACHMENT. The guys get into a deep discussion on Japanese preparations on the island, and how Japanese Imperial Army General Kuribayashi Tadamichi devised his defensive plan. The guys get into the amazing details on the labyrinth of Japanese tunnels inside Iwo Jima and how the defensive system was, without doubt, the finest defensive network in the entirety of the Pacific War. The guys also discuss the American preparations for what was, at that time, the largest amphibious invasion in Nimitz's arena. The 5th Marine Division, in particular, get special deep dives as the team breaks down the "new" division's enviable command structure. The guys then get into the bloodletting on D-Day and the assault on Mount Suribachi, finally ending this first episode on Iwo with the inspiring and unforgettable flag raising on Mount Suribachi.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to episode 409 of the unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast.
0:43.7	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:48.0	And with me as always is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy, former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine, USS, Indianapolis,
0:59.8	commonwealth submarine squad interior in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings. How are you this fine July 15th, Bill?
1:06.6	Doing great. Seth. I'm wearing this shirt, which was my payment for speaking at the 2008 Iwo Jima, the Survivors' Reunion. They actually called it that.
1:11.9	And so just figured I would show it off, given our subject matter today.
1:18.7	Indeed.
1:20.1	Indeed.
1:20.7	And obviously we have third member of our crew with us, the fantastic historian.
1:24.6	Good buddy, John Parshall.
1:25.6	How are you this fine, hot day?
1:28.8	It's actually relatively sedate up here in lovely Minneapolis.
1:34.0	And so, yeah, as I said, you know, I'm going for high energy red today.
1:38.7	There you go.
1:39.5	Yeah.
1:39.8	There you go.
1:41.4	We're going to need it because this is going to be a tough subject, but it's a legendary story for sure. Eight square miles, eight square miles of some of the ugliest place
1:51.6	on earth. Desolate, dry, inhospitable, barren, miserable. These are all adjectives that
1:59.3	accurately describe the little speck of earth and the volcano islands, a subgroup of the Bonans, Bonans.
2:05.0	The Target Island had been on the list of objectives for the Central Pacific Drive as early as June 1944.
2:11.5	Admiral Raymond Spruance had pushed for its capture in the autumn of 1944, as we're going to talk about, only to be rejected
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