Operation STALEMATE II-The Invasion of Peleliu Part 1 of 3

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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In this first of three episodes on Peleliu, Seth and Bill tackle the opening stages of the infamous invasion of Peleliu on September 15, 1944. The veteran 1st Marine Division is assigned to invade the coral bastion of Peleliu in what was promised by their commanding General to be a "tough quickie" of an operation. The fighting on the beaches and at the bloody Point by George Hunt's K-3-1 would be bloody harbingers of what was to come as the Old Breed gutted it out against the toughest defense in the Pacific to that time. #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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 320 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:19.4	My name is Seth Peridon, historian, deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:23.4	And with me, as always, is my esteem co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Tody, who, by his own request, I have shortened his introductory resume, because I'm sure by now you know who he is and how long his resume actually is.
0:37.1	How are you this fine morning, Bill?
0:40.4	You know, this is, so for those of you that don't realize we record these episodes about a month before the release.
0:49.4	So today, yesterday was the big Iowa caucus, and most of the country is in the middle of this huge
0:57.3	freeze. What temperature did you say it was there in Mississippi today? Seth? 19 degrees.
1:03.9	And it is a only 73 degrees here in Florida. This is precisely why I moved to Florida.
1:14.5	You're right.
1:15.3	Everybody knows what my Navy resume is.
1:18.1	So we've decided to shorten it.
1:22.2	You have decided to shorten it.
1:24.7	I have.
1:25.7	Indeed.
1:27.0	Yeah, people again, I think you'all could recite it back to me
1:30.4	by now, I think. So, I can recite it back, me. Before we get. Before we get. There's a viewer.
1:38.6	Yeah. But you know, the thing is, though, and it's important to know too about about your resume is same same as mine is
1:44.8	is that not everybody watches all of our shows so there's going to be people that watch this show for
1:49.4	the very first time this episode and they're not going to know who you are so but for those of you
1:54.6	who don't know who bill is look him up he's he's a bad dude and a good way and for those of you
2:00.4	don't know who set is look him up he's a bad dude we're a good way and for those of you don't know Seth is look him up he's a bad
2:02.5	dude we're going to be talking about a subject today that there was a great episode of a mini
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