The Liberation of Leyte Part 2 with John McManus-Episode 332

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week Seth, Bill and John McManus wrap up the liberation of Leyte by talking about the fights at Breakneck Ridge, the Japanese landings and the subsequent US counter landings at Ormoc Bay. The guys get into the stories of the 11th Airborne Division, 77th Infantry Division and the bravery and actions of one General Douglas MacArthur. Tacked into the overall narrative is the almost unbelievable story of Medal of Honor recipient Robert Nett. Check it out as we wrap Leyte. #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 #liberation #macarthur

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 332 of the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast.
0:22.1	My name is Seth Parrott and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:26.7	And with me as always, is my esteemed co-host retired Navy captain Bill Toaddy,
0:29.9	former skipper of the Fast Steck submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore of Submarine Squad in Therampereport Harbor and many others.
0:36.4	How are you this fine morning bill?
0:39.3	I'm doing great, Seth, waiting for the heavy weather to hit us here.
0:42.3	We've had a couple of space launches this week, which has been pretty interesting.
0:46.8	Another one tomorrow.
0:48.0	So that's the great point of being located on the space coast here in Florida.
0:54.0	Yeah, well, hopefully you don't get the same weather we got yesterday.
0:57.4	It was hairy, shall we say, Harry.
1:00.6	That would be good.
1:01.7	Yeah.
1:02.2	And this week, obviously, we have a third member of our crew with us.
1:04.9	We'd like to welcome back a fantastic historian, curator's distinguished professor of
1:09.2	U.S. military history of Missouri
1:10.9	University of Science and Tech, the author of 15 books. John McManus. John, how are you today, my friend?
1:16.0	Doing great. I'm glad you sort of dried out. We had sort of the back end of it, but I mean,
1:23.4	nothing compared to that. It's crazy. Yeah. Yeah good we'll be good we'll be good we'll be
1:27.7	good hurricane season haven't even really started down here yet so i mean that's
1:31.8	you know anything so uh before we get started we want to do what we always do which is
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