Season 5 Finale--Questions and Answers on the Pacific War

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall wrap up Season 5 with a Q&A episode with their good buddy and Q&A emcee-Shawn Bergstrom. The team wraps up the massive amount of questions sent in with some really thought provoking answers to some excellent questions. See if you made the cut. #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 #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #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 #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce 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 #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to this episode of the Unauthorized History, the Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth
0:46.1	Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. With me as always is my co-host,
0:51.4	author, historian, good buddy. And recent birthday boy, by the way.
0:55.1	Happy birthday.
0:55.7	John Partial, how are you today?
0:57.6	I'm doing well.
0:58.9	Glad to be here.
1:00.5	And, you know, I'm suddenly, I'm reminded of a story from my dissipated college youth.
1:05.3	I came back senior year to college and was immediately dumped by my girlfriend.
1:11.6	And my roommate was dumped by his girlfriend and two other close buddies.
1:16.6	Likewise, within three days, all four of us, just boom, boom, boom, boom,
1:20.6	you know, murderers rope.
1:21.6	And I went down to a bar that night and I remember calling my parents and telling, you know,
1:26.6	mom, dad, I'm down here at
1:28.7	the room drinking for all the wrong reasons and that's how I'm feeling today you know even though
1:34.2	it's an off day I got to I got to take one for the team here because we're doing Q&A you know
1:40.0	it's just going to go better so there you go go. And with us, of course, is our beloved MC, Sean Bergstrom.
1:48.4	And I can't let John drink by himself, of course.
1:51.8	Somebody's got to carry this damn Q&A.
1:55.6	Again, again, as we discussed beforehand, set doesn't drink during the week and today is
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