War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size,

and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history

through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. James Early. Welcome back to Key Battles of the Pacific Theater of World War II.

This is your host, James Early, as always.

And we are moving right along.

We have now completed 30 episodes.

But as they say on those infomercials,

or at least they used to,

but wait,

there's more.

We have still got a few things to discuss.

Some people say,

Scott,

sometimes some of the reviews say,

oh,

you take so long to get to the

battles or whatever, but that's just tough. We're going to, that's the way we roll. You know,

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