Special Episode: Flying the Hump in the CBI with Caroline Alexander

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode Seth and Bill welcome author Caroline Alexander to the show to discuss her new book: Skies of Thunder-The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World. In this hour, the guys and Caroline talk about the treacherous flight path known to history as The Hump, the deadly aerial supply run to help keep China in World War II.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to this special episode of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:44.9	My name is Seth Parenthood and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:49.5	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy, former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine,
0:54.4	U.S. Sondonafloorah Submarine Squad and Three in Pearl Harbor and many other postings.
0:58.4	How are you today, Bill?
1:01.0	I'm excited today, Seth.
1:03.1	I think we have somebody who is so highly educated on the show today that we're going to look like fools in comparison.
1:13.5	Probably.
1:14.3	Or basically we do every episode.
1:15.9	I don't know.
1:16.8	And Bill, she's not.
1:17.8	A lot of highly educated fools.
1:21.2	And Bill, it's a new one for us, she's not named John.
1:25.8	It's not named John.
1:27.3	Every guest we have is named John, except for this one.
1:29.7	I thought it was your requirement.
1:31.8	Apparently not.
1:32.7	We're breaking our rule.
1:33.6	So that being said, today we would like to welcome a new guest to the show.
1:37.5	Caroline Alexander was born in Florida of British parents and has lived in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
1:42.8	She studied philosophy and theology at Oxford.
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