The Invasion of Okinawa: Cactus, Kakazu, and Hacksaw Ridge with Jon Parshall - Episode 419

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome back good buddy Jon Parshall and the three amigos take on the US Army's portion of the early fight for Okinawa. the guys break down the slugfest at Cactus Ride, Kakazu Ridge, and Hacksaw Ridge, digging into the stories of the heroics at each location diving into the stories of Medal of Honor recipients, Desmond Doss, Edward Moskala, and others. The fighting done by the US Army from April 4 through the end of the month in 1945 along those ridges was amongst the most brutal of the entire war. Seth, Jon and, Bill also get into Japanese General Cho Isamu's ill-advised counter-offensive in the middle of April that saps strength from the defenders and wastes lives by the bushel. Tune in and check out Part 2 in our Okinawa land campaign series. #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 #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello, and welcome to episode 419 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:43.1	My name is Seth Perrin, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:47.2	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Toady,
0:51.0	former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis,
0:55.1	Commodore submarine squad and 3 in Pearl Harbor and many others. How are you? September 24, 2024, Bill.
1:01.4	I'm doing great. I'm speaking about the Indianapolis tonight, and I'm always pleased to do that at the Veterans Memorial in Brevard County, Florida.
1:14.2	Excellent. Excellent. And with us, as usual,
1:19.2	is the third member of our crew, and we are always happy to have him. John Parshall, how are you,
1:25.7	our good buddy, John? How are you? I am well. Thank you. Yeah, working, working away on maps for your former employer and getting ready to take an all-day bike trip with the WIFO tomorrow at the coolest bike trail in Minnesota, the Route River Trail, which is beautiful.
1:39.3	That is awesome.
1:40.3	Yeah.
1:41.3	Looking forward to it.
1:42.3	Yeah, it's got to be fixing the snow in Minnesota already, isn't it?
1:45.0	It's cooling down.
1:46.4	I mean, no, we typically don't get snow until next month, but, yeah, the trajectory is clear.
1:52.9	Really?
1:52.9	Really?
1:53.6	It's happened.
1:54.4	Yeah.
1:54.5	Yeah, we had a way back, you know, 30 years ago, more than 30 years ago, there was a Halloween
2:03.6	blizzard that dumped 18 inches on the cities. That was bogus.
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