The Invasion of Saipan Part 3 of 3 with Jon Parshall

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill welcome back good buddy Jon Parshall to complete the three-part discussion on the pivotal invasion of Saipan. The team goes into deep detail on the final Japanese martial act on Saipan, the infamous Gyokusai of July 7, 1944. During the Gyokusai, two regiments of the 27th Infantry Division's 105th Infantry Regiment are overrun in the largest banzai charge of the entire Pacific war. The final, last gasp, of the Japanese military on Saipan doesn't end the dying, however. After the Japanese are defeated, thousands of Japanese civilians on Saipan, quite literally, throw their lives away over the cliffs at Marpi Point. The team struggles to get through the absolutely heart-wrenching stories of the needless deaths of the innocent. Tune in and hear the gritty conclusion of the invasion of Saipan during Operation FORAGER. #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 #ussenterprise

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 312 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:19.0	My name is Seth Periden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:23.6	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toady,
0:26.9	former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis,
0:30.6	common or submarine squad and tree in Pearl Harbor and many other postings.
0:33.5	How are you this dreary November day in Mississippi, anyway, Bill?
0:38.3	It's dreary here in Florida as well, Seth.
0:40.6	We got a very somber topic to talk about today.
0:43.8	But I can't help but share with you that I started the morning with a belly laugh from one of our intrepid viewers who commented, because the day we're recording this, this morning,
0:57.4	we released our episode, the second episode on the USS Enterprise.
1:02.9	And in the opening that one, I think I mentioned something about how most of our commenters
1:07.7	are very constructive, but every now and then somebody wants to prove how much they know about Balletal-class build pumps.
1:16.9	And they'll make a comment about that.
1:19.2	So we got a comment this morning from the president of the Belayo-class bilge-pump experts association,
1:26.4	who was pretty upset about the fact that I was criticizing
1:31.1	folks who proclaimed expertise on blow class bilge pumps it was hilarious and I'm so glad
1:39.1	we have a you know your group of viewers with the right perspective because today they're going to need
1:45.9	it, Seth. You ain't kidding. And if you're watching, you see the third member of our crew here.
1:53.5	We always are happy to have him, and he's been with us regularly here the last few weeks.
1:59.1	And welcome him back again this week. John Parshal,
2:01.7	how are you this fine? I'm well. Yeah, you can see the glare, you know, reflecting off the
2:06.8	forehead here. You know it's me. So, I don't know, man. I got a little bit of a shine going on.
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