Touring the National Naval Aviation Museum

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week Seth Paridon, and his son, take you through the National Naval Aviation Museum located on NAS Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. Yours truly and my son take an annual "History with Dad" trip, and my boy selected P'Cola as this year's destination. This is one of, if not the, finest museum in the entire country. The aircraft collection is amazing and the artifacts, including some from CV6, are inspiring. In this video we will see an F4B4, SBD, FF1, F4F3, PBY and many, many others. Check it out as we prep for Season 6. #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 #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal #china #burma #oil

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to this episode of the unauthorized history in Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Pared and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. And with me in spirit is my co-host, John Partial, author and historian and good buddy.
0:55.4	Obviously, John is not here, and obviously our season five has ended.
1:00.2	And what we usually do and what we're going to do again is provide you guys with several
1:06.6	weeks of other material here in the next few weeks.
1:11.4	And this is the first one of those episodes of other material, if you will.
1:15.9	Back in July of 2025, my son and I went to the Naval Aviation Museum on NASPensical, on Naval Air Station, Pensacola.
1:25.9	And it's by far, by far the finest aviation museum in the southeastern part of the United
1:32.4	States.
1:32.8	And it's not even close.
1:34.1	If not one of the finest museums in the United States period.
1:37.4	The collection is unbelievable.
1:39.5	And it's, if you've never had the opportunity to go, I highly, highly, highly suggest you make the trip down to Peacola.
1:47.0	It's a beautiful town anyway.
1:48.8	The beaches are great, but the museum is even better.
1:52.3	So go check it out.
1:53.4	I've been bringing my boy here since he was about three years old.
1:56.7	And we hadn't been in several years, so we decided that that's where he wanted to go on his history with dad trip over the summer.
2:05.6	If you remember last year, we went to the battleship, North Carolina.
2:08.7	And this year, we went to Pensacola in this coming year.
2:11.2	Who knows?
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