The Liberation of Santo Tomas-Episode 404

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week Seth and Bill talk about the liberation of the civilian internment camp in Manila at the University of Santo Tomas. In a daring dash through Japanese lines, elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, known to history as Chase's Flying Columns, blow through Japanese lines and head towards the Pearl of the Orient, Manila, to liberate civilian prisoners of war that have been held at Santo Tomas since 1942. On the verge of starvation, the civilians are rapidly fading away. Rescued at the last minute, the Cavalry, quite literally, saves the day. Tune in and hear the harrowing story of the rescue, the odd American and Japanese truce, and one of the more heartwarming episodes of the tragic fight for Manila in World War II. #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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 404 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:22.1	My name is Seth Perridden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:27.3	And with me as always is my esteem co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Toaddy, former Skipper,
0:31.6	the Fast Attack submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore of submarine's squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor and many other postings.
0:37.3	How are you this fine, hot day, Bill?
0:41.6	Yeah, it's not too bad here in Florida, Seth, but I will say that when we scheduled this episode, you said that, hey, it's going to be good to do a happy episode for once, which I'm all four. You remember after we did
0:56.3	Saipan, we said we needed to do something upbeat. But when I looked at this episode, I'm not so sure
1:03.1	that I would consider it happy, Seth. Well, you know, when you look at it in the context of the
1:08.4	stuff that we normally do, this is a happy episode.
1:13.0	When you consider the stuff that we normally talk about, you know, it has a happy ending.
1:19.4	Not many things that we talk about has a happy ending.
1:22.6	And this, this is my goodness.
1:25.7	Yeah.
1:26.5	Looking ahead the next week, this is a happy episode compared to what we're going to be covering next week.
1:33.5	Folks are going to have to buckle their seatbelt for next week's episode, Seth.
1:38.4	Indeed, indeed.
1:39.3	Yeah, next week is going to be, I would imagine it'll rank right up there with the third Sipan episode in terms of
1:46.0	brutality.
1:47.0	Yeah, just difficult to get through.
1:50.0	So for those who don't know, we'll just look at the timeline and you'll understand
1:55.0	what we're fixing to talk about.
1:56.0	But before we get started, we do want to ask you to like and subscribe to our channel.
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