Unauthorized Picks for Pacific War Flicks

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill take a step back from the battlefields to discuss an oft-requested topic, our picks for WWII Pacific-themed movies. Many of you have asked what our favorite, or in some cases not so favorite, films are that relate to the Pacific theater of WWII, well here you go. The team gives their go-to's, some known and some relatively unknown when they want to watch a Pacific flick. Sit back and listen and give us your feedback. What are your favorites? Here are our list of go-to flicks: -Empire of the Sun - Midway (2019) - Tora Tora Tora - Sands of Iwo Jima - From Here to Eternity - In Harms Way - Best Years of Our Lives - Run Silent Run Deep - Destination Tokyo - Hellcats of the Navy - Bridge over River Kwai - The Caine Mutiny - Mister Roberts - Operation Pacific - The Gallant Hours -They Were Expendable -Air Force -Dive Bomber -The Pacific -Operation Petticoat -Bataan -Back to Bataan -Flat Top -Task Force -The Great Raid -Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo -Unbroken Path to Redemption -Pride of the Marines -The Railway Man

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 318 of the unauthorized History of Pacific War podcast.
0:21.6	My name is Seth Perridden, historian and deputy director here at the Mississippi Armed Forces
0:25.5	Museum at Camp Shelby.
0:26.6	And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Tote,
0:30.7	former skipper of the Fast Tech submarine USS Indianapolis, Commodore submarine squad
0:34.5	in Three and Port Harbor and many other postings.
0:36.5	Happy New Year, Bill. How are you? Happy New Year to you as well. this common or submarine squad in three and poor harbor and many other postings happy new year bill
0:37.5	how are you happy new year to you as well south and i'm looking forward to a 2024 that promises to
0:46.8	be one of the craziest years in my lifetime i'm just hoping it's not going to be that. Is it a good thing or is that a bad thing?
0:56.7	No. Maybe I shouldn't have said I'm looking forward to it. I'm hopeful that it won't be as crazy as it
1:05.9	could be with the election and all the other things that are going on at the time. So we take it as it
1:15.0	comes, I guess, huh? Indeed. Indeed, we do. Just roll with the punches, as they say. Before we get
1:23.0	started, yeah, really, and it's about all you can do, but before we get started, we want to ask you to like and subscribe to our channel. Please do so. If you have done so, thank you very much. If you haven't, please do. It does help other people find our stuff. Now, I'm getting ready to throw it over to you, Bill, because this week we're going to do something a little bit different. You know, we've been hitting the combat hard and heavy here the last few weeks with Operation
1:47.4	Forager.
1:48.4	And of course, Tinian was our last episode that we just recently air, well, aired last week.
1:53.3	And, you know, that's the finale for Forager.
1:55.8	And we're starting to get into other aspects of the Pacific War, notably Pelaloo, is looming
2:00.0	on the horizon as are the
2:01.2	Philippines. But we wanted to take a break, Bill, because the research and the combat and the
2:06.9	shooting and the killing and the, you know, it's just, it starts the pile. And we wanted to take a
2:12.2	break and do something a little bit fun that people have been asking for. So, Bill, tell us what
2:16.6	we're going to do here.
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