THE 40 THIEVES ON SAIPAN

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A handpicked marine unit of 40 men is dropped behind Japanese lines on Saipan. Their orders are to use deadly silent force to break Japanese resistance, and they have been trained in killing techniques that few people are aware of. For 17 days of brutal fighting on Saipan they did their jobs, and paid for it, The son of the company commander, Joe Tachovsky, had never been told what his father did on Tinian and Saipan- he was to find out after his father's death. This is the incredible story of this decorated marine unit and the men who were called The 40 Thieves. This book, The 40 Thieves On Saipan, is now available at Amazon and anywhere fine books are sold. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome listeners to
0:28.3	to one thousand one heroes, legends, histories, and mysteries.
0:34.0	We have a very special author with us tonight,
0:36.7	a very special book, a book that I've read,
0:39.6	and it's one of those books where you feel like you're there
0:42.2	with the men who are going through it.
0:44.1	An elite platoon of Marine Scout snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachofsky's 40 thieves were chosen
0:50.4	for their willingness to defy rules and beat all comers.
0:54.7	When two Marines got into a fight, the loser ended up in the infirmary,
0:58.5	the winner in the brig.
1:00.2	Sikovsky wanted the winner on his team.
1:03.2	A brush with military law was a recommendation.
1:07.4	These full-blooded men were trained in a ruthless array of hand-to-hand killing techniques
1:11.6	and then thrown into the battle for Saipan.
1:14.5	Emperor Hirohito's treasure and the bulwark of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific,
1:19.8	where they would wreak havoc in and around but mostly behind enemy lines.
1:25.6	They witnessed inhuman atrocities.
1:28.1	Walked into an ambush after the cunning Japanese used wounded Marines as bait, endured body punishing extremes of heat, hunger, and
1:36.1	thirst, fought a relentless enemy who would not surrender and watched their best friends die.
1:43.0	Now Takovsky's son Joseph tells their remarkable story,
1:46.0	a story he didn't even know until after his father's death.
1:50.0	Reported from an extensive documentary record,
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