Hello and welcome to episode 326 of the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast.

My name is Seth Parrott and historian and deputy

director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. And with me is my

esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toady, former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine

USS, Indianapolis, Commodore of Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor and many other

postings. How are you this fine March 5th morning, Bill?

I'm doing great, Seth. And before we begin, I want to make, I want an announcement,

public service announcement. For you, Annapolis graduates, Seth and I will be doing a session

the afternoon of April 25th at the Naval Academy Alumni Association in Annapolis,

the new headquarters.

We will share registration details later, but the event will be open to midshipment and graduates.

So if you're in the Annapolis area on April 25th and want to attend, you might want to pencil that date onto your calendar.

So, Seth, I'm excited about that, but I'm more excited about what we're

going to talk about today. I am excited about both things, and I just want to say once again,

I said it before, I'll say it again. I am honored to have been or to be a part of this event

at the Naval Academy, and I will do my best at grace the hallowed halls with my lowly presence.

So we'll do what we can.

So those who are watching right now, notice a odd formation within the pattern.

Instead of our usual three guests, we have four for the first time ever.

And the fourth one is a very special guest, someone we've wanted to have on here for a while.

But we'll go in order of seniority, as we say.

And we want to welcome our good buddy, John Parshall.

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