Special Episode: The Navy's Role in Hiroshima with special guest Admiral Sam Cox

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode airing on the release of the movie "Oppenheimer," Bill, Seth and guest Admiral Sam Cox examine the Navy's role in the Manhattan Project and the bombing of Hiroshima. The trio also discusses the controversial nature of the bombing and the reality of the situation as it was seen in 1945.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this special episode on the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:17.8	My name is Seth Periden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here in Cam Shelby. And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Todi, former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine, USS, Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarine Squad, and Three and Poor Harbor, and many other assignments. How are you this morning, Bill?
0:34.3	I'm doing great, Seth. I'm interested to get into today's special episode.
0:39.9	Absolutely.
0:40.5	And with us again this week, and we're always very, very honored and glad to have him, is Admiral Cox.
0:46.1	Admiral, thank you for being here and welcome back to the show.
0:49.5	Pleasure.
0:50.0	Thank you.
0:51.8	Bill, I'm going to turn this one over to you because this is your baby. So rock and roll, man. It's all yours. Thank you, Seth. Thank you. Bill, I'm going to turn this one over to you because this is your baby.
0:55.0	So rock and roll, man.
0:56.0	It's all yours.
0:57.0	Thank you, Seth.
0:58.0	And of course, Admiral Cox is the director of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
1:03.0	I've known him for years and I could think of nobody better suited to join us in the special episode.
1:10.0	Now, today, as we released this episode, it's August 6th, which is the anniversary of the dropping the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
1:22.6	So that's point number one. Point number two, recently released was this movie called Oppenheimer, which as we record this in late June, none of us have seen, but we suspect it's where the reports are that it's extremely well done.
1:40.2	So another kind of coincidence that causes us to want to film this special episode to give you our perspective on that atomic bomb event.
1:50.0	Coincidence number three, I happen to be in Hiroshima in late March of this year where I filmed this spot, which we're going to bring you now.
2:00.0	The governments create wars, and when they do, it's the people that suffer.
2:04.6	In the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast, Seth and I talk a lot about campaigns and battles.
2:11.6	And when we do that, we do focus on the atrocities that the Japanese people,
2:16.6	the Japanese government, and the Japanese military
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