The Mission Beyond Darkness-Battle of the Philippine Sea with Jon Parshall

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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This week Seth, Bill and Jon Parshall tackle the second day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, also known as the Mission Beyond Darkness. On Jun e20, 1944 Admiral Marc Mitscher made the bold decision to launch his aviators in a risky, long-distanced duck strike. In an attempt to get the killing blows on Ozawa's carrier force Mitscher sent an enormous strike of 240 aircraft. The strike, the first on Japanese carriers since 1942, produced mixed results and ended in one of the more famous, if not controversial, decisions of the entire Pacific war.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 314 of the unauthorized history of Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth
0:19.5	Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:23.6	And with me, as always, is my co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Toaddy,
0:26.9	former skipper of the Fast Attack submarine, USS Indianapolis, Commodore submarine squad
0:30.8	in Three in Pearl Harbor, and many other postings. How are you this December morning, Bill. I'm doing great. We'll be together down at the World War II Museum, all three of us, in just a few days.
0:43.3	And I already alluded to the fact that we've got another guest, right?
0:47.9	Indeed.
0:48.8	Indeed.
0:49.5	And we're always, huh?
0:53.1	Perhaps the same guest.
0:55.5	It is, it is.
0:56.9	We're always glad to have him.
0:58.1	John Partial, John, how are you this fine?
1:00.0	I'm very well.
1:01.1	Thank you very much.
1:02.0	Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing you guys at the end of the week and, you know,
1:05.9	coming into the holiday season.
1:07.2	And I may even have a basement that's operable by, you know, the end of next week.
1:11.1	I'm looking forward to that too before my sister-in-law show up.
1:14.9	Oh, is that a good thing?
1:18.9	No, no, it's a good thing.
1:19.9	It's a good thing.
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