Plank Holder of Delta Force | Wade Ishimoto | Ep. 317

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Wade Ishimoto was born in Hawaii shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. He enlisted in the US Army in 1961and retired 20 years later. His military career saw him serving as a Military Policeman, a counterintelligence agent, a human intelligence case officer, and 14 years in Special Forces. Among his notable assignments were as the Project Gamma Operations Sergeant during the Green Beret Murder case in 1969, Special Force School Instructor of the Year in 1974, a founding member of the Delta Force, and leading a roadblock team on the fateful 1980 attempt to rescue 53 American hostages in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw). After his military retirement, he served on the investigation of the Branch Davidian incident, the Khobar Towers bombing, was the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, and a Special Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Joint Special Operations University, a Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment, and was inducted into the Special Operations Command Commando Hall of Honor. He has been written about in Delta Force, The Guts to Try, Best Laid Plans, Those Gallant Men, Killer Elite, Never Surrender and A Murder in Wartime
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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Jack. I just wanted to talk to you today about a way that you can help support the podcast if you're not already. To support the channel is to become a Patreon member. So we have Patreon memberships that start at just $5 a month. And when you sign up, you get access to all of our episodes ad free. That's the big bonus for that.
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0:42.9	Special operations.
0:49.4	Covert ops.
0:51.9	Espionage.
0:54.1	The team house. with your hosts, Jack Murphy, and David Park.
1:05.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to episode 317 of the Team House.
1:09.2	I'm Jack here with Dave, and we're very pleased to have on the show tonight, Wade Ishimoto, he's the author of the Teamhouse. I'm Jack here with Dave, and we're very pleased to have on the show
1:12.4	tonight, Wade Ishimoto, he's the author of the Intaku Code. I just finished reading this
1:18.8	last night. The headline here is Delta Force's intelligence officer doing good in secret.
1:26.0	Wade served in Vietnam with special forces,
1:28.8	went on to become one of the original members of Delta Force, was a part of Operation Eagle Claw,
1:34.1	the Desert One incident, and has gone on to do many other amazing things during his career.
1:39.5	And we're excited to have you on the show, Wade. Thank you for joining us tonight.
1:44.3	Well, I thank you for having me on.
1:46.8	It's such an honor.
1:48.2	Yeah, really.
1:49.7	And so let's start off at the beginning, Wade.
1:52.6	I want to hear about your upbringing and growing up in Hawaii and sort of what your
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