The Marines on Okinawa:Sugar Loaf Hill, and Beyond--Okinawa Part 3 with Jon Parshall - Episode 420

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill and good buddy Jon Parshall get into the US Marine Corps side of the campaign ashore for Okinawa. The team begins their coverage, fittingly, at the beginning of the month of May 1945 and talk about the situation as it stands ashore at the beginning of the month before getting into the early fighting against the Awacha Pocket by the 1st Marine Division and then getting deep into the weeds on the final Japanese offensive of World War II against the Americans. The disasterous offensive costs the Japanese lives by the bushel--and for nothing. Then the team gets into the incredibly brutal fight for Half Moon Hill, the Horseshoe and Sugar Loaf Hill by the 6th Marine division before talking about the oft-forgotten 1st Marine Division's struggles at Wana Ridge and Wana Draw. Medal of Honor recipients Louis Hauge, James Day and Henry Courtney highlight the exceptional bravery of the Marine Corps' trials ashore at Okinawa. #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	Hello and welcome to episode 420 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:23.6	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:28.6	And with me as always is my esteem co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toaddy, former skipper of the Fast Tech submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore, Submarine Squad and Three in Pearl Harbor and many others.
0:37.6	How are you, Bill, on this 1st of October?
0:41.6	Yeah, Seth, I'm ready to, you know, for us to get into another uplifting episode.
0:48.3	My goodness, but war is never uplifting, is it?
0:51.6	It is not.
0:52.4	And this, well, these last few about Okinawa had not been
0:57.1	exactly sunshine and rainbows. No, no. And next week's is even going to be even more
1:04.8	uplifting than this week. So buckle up. Clearly, our third member of our crew is here,
1:12.7	John Marshall, historian John Marshall.
1:13.9	How are you this week, John? And I believe you have an announcement you want to make, too.
1:16.6	I do.
1:17.4	First of all, how are you doing today?
1:19.2	I'm very well.
1:20.0	Thank you.
1:20.6	It's starting to turn a little cooler here and good biking weather, which is always great
1:26.0	for me and honorable wifu.
1:29.0	So, yeah, I was just going to say that I have been working to put up a placeholder website.
1:37.6	As many of our viewers know, I've been working on this 1942 monstrosity for the last empty years, and it's getting much closer
1:47.2	to being done.
1:48.6	So I've got a website, and the URL will be posted below, but I just wanted to say that
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