The Ace Race 1944-45 with John Bruning - Episode 413

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome back good friend John Bruning to wrap up the discussion on the great Ace Race in the Pacific during World War II. The trio gets into a discussion on one of the fieriest leaders of the Pacific theater, P-47 Thunderbolt ace, Neel Kearby, and his 348th Fighter Group. n The guys break down Kearby's "freelancing" fighter missions and the incredible risks he took all to get that brass ring title of Ace of Aces. After that, the team sets out to blow apart the myth of Charles Lindbergh and his so-called "contributions" to the air war. The guys really get into the dirt and settle, once and for all, the myths surrounding the Lone Eagle's supposed Pacific tour. Finally, the team gets into the final days of P-38 Ace and aerial legend, Tommy McGuire and how the great ace met his untimely end, thus ending the great ace race of the Pacific theater. #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 #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 #charleslindbergh

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to episode 413 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:22.8	My name is Seth Periden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:27.6	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Tody,
0:31.0	former skipper of the Fast Attack submarine USS Indianapolis,
0:34.1	Commodore of Submarine Squadronair in Pearl Harbor and many others.
0:36.7	How are you this August 26th, Bill?ine, Squad, Interior, Pearl Harbor, and many others. How are you this
0:37.6	August 26th, Bill? I'm grateful, Seth, because we just passed seven million views as we're
0:44.7	recording this on August 26th, on 2024. And I'm looking at the demographics here. They don't
0:51.2	suck, Seth. I'm telling you, well, 13 to 17 year olds, 0% viewers, 80% of our
0:58.3	views, 18 to 24 year olds, 1%. But to 25 to 34, we're getting some real numbers here. 5% to 35 to 44 year olds,
1:09.0	8%, 45 to 54 years 54 year olds, about 13%.
1:13.6	And the rest, you know, everybody else is over 55.
1:17.0	There's no surprise there.
1:18.1	5% female.
1:21.1	I'm not sure if that's better than I expected or worse than I expected, but it's not zero, Seth.
1:27.6	And as far as the recommendations go, the only way the experts tell us, the only thing we
1:33.0	could do to get those Gen Zers to watch is do or change our, convert our format from
1:39.0	two-hour format to TikTok format.
1:42.5	Are you up for that, Seth?
1:49.7	I am not. I am most certainly not. I am not.
1:57.8	And if you are watching, if you are watching, you're not going to do 30 seconds snippets, 30 second snippets of history.
2:01.7	No, I can't, I can't do that. I can't talk for 30 seconds on anything. You just ask my wife. She'll be more than happy to tell you. If you're watching, you can clearly see we
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