The Invasion of Tinian with Jon Parshall

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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This week Seth, Bill and Jon wrap up the pivotal Operation FORAGER with the last and, arguably, the most important conquest of the entire operation, the invasion of Tinian. The rapid success of the Tinian operation belies an easy time, but the team breaks down the lead-up to and execution of what has been called the most perfect amphibious operation in history. The capture of Tinian allowed for the establishment of the, then-busiest airfield in the world at Tinian's North Field. The field would see fleets of B-29's take off and land on their way to and from the strategic bombing campaign over Japan, including both atomic bombing missions. Tune in and see what the guys have to say as we wrap up FORAGER.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 317 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:24.8	My name is Seth Parenthood, historian and deputy director of Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Keem Shelby.
0:25.6	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain, Bill Tody, former skipper
0:29.6	of the Fast Sucerne Submarine Submarine Submarine Submarine, U.S.S., Indianapolis, Commodore,
0:32.4	Submarine Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor and many other postings. How are you this almost Christmas week, Bill?
0:38.9	Yeah, I'm not ready for Christmas, but leave tomorrow to go spend the week with our daughter up in Virginia.
0:43.9	So, yeah, we've got to get into the Christmas spirit.
0:47.6	Indeed, indeed. And we are always happy to welcome back our frequent guest and contributor and fantastic dude, John Partial.
0:56.0	How are you this almost Christmas week?
0:58.4	A little frantic, but, you know, we're making it work.
1:02.2	The basement should be repaired relatively soon.
1:04.8	They're workers down there even as we speak.
1:07.1	And, yeah, God willing, we're being able to put the whole place back together just in time for my
1:11.5	sister-in-law and sister to Roland. So, yeah, it should be good. There you go. Yep, Christmas at the
1:17.9	parrot in household will be low-key, which I am very, very grateful for. My sister has to do all the
1:23.6	duty this year, and I'm eternally grateful for that. So yeah, exactly. Yeah.
1:28.8	So before we get started, we want to ask you to like and subscribe to our channel, if you have
1:32.1	already done so. Thank you. If you haven't, please do so. And on with this show. As the calendar
1:40.0	rolls into late July, 1944, and Operation Forager continues to move along in its timetable.
1:47.0	The next target on the map in the Central Pacific Drive comes into very clear focus.
1:52.0	The island of Tinian, just a few short miles from the main target of Saipan, had always been a desired locale for forager,
2:00.0	and now was Saipan out of the way in Guam
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