The Battle for Manila with John McManus-Episode 402

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This week, Seth, Bill and good friend John McManus take a look at the the battle for the Filipino capital of Manila. The team dissects the incredibly violent and horrific fight for General Douglas MacArthur's beloved Pearl of the Orient. The fighting in Manila was one fo the most violent combat areas of the entire war and the team breaks the fighting down to the nuts and bolts. The guys discuss the stories of Medal of Honor recipients Cleto Rodriguez and John Reese, as well as the liberation of Bilibid Prison, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 402 of the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast.
0:20.7	My name is Seth Perriden, historian and deputy2 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:25.3	My name is Seth Pairdon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here,
0:26.2	Camp Shale, being with me.
0:31.0	As always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Tody, former skipper of the Fast Tech Submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings.
0:35.3	How are you this fine, May 24th, Bill.
0:39.1	Seth, I'm doing great.
0:40.4	Got back last night from commissioning my nephew as an incident in the Coast Guard.
0:45.9	It was a wonderfully successful trip, although I did learn that Delta is capable of lying like MacArthur.
0:55.9	Today's episode is too important to dwell on it. So let's jump in.
0:59.6	Indeed. And we want to welcome the third member of our crew with us,
1:02.7	a distinguished historian. Good friend John McManus. John, how are you today?
1:07.4	I'm doing great, except now, you know, it's very disillusioning about Delta, Bill.
1:11.2	I got to say, but it's a bit of a staggering blow here, but especially for the Army's prestige, but
1:18.5	well, no, I'm talking about not Delta fours, Delta Airlines.
1:23.6	I should be clear about it.
1:25.3	Now, now I'm not surprised at all.
1:27.1	Oh, okay. I have a Delta. All, now I'm not surprised at all. Oh, okay.
1:28.2	I have a delt of a story. I'm glad we had the clarification. Okay.
1:31.8	Yeah, yeah, thank you. I have a Delta for a story, but we'll save that for another day.
1:37.0	All right. Before we get started, we want to ask you to like and subscribe to our channel.
1:41.2	Please do so if you haven't done so, and if you have done so, we thank you very much. Bill, I know there was something you wanted to mention today.
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