USA: The War in Saipan

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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As war raged on land in Western Europe in June 1944, the island of Saipan witnessed a naval bombardment never seen before. John McManus leads James Holland in a crash course on the first objective of Operation Forager - the brave battle of the US Marines and 27th Infantry Division to occupy the Marianas. A Goalhanger Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @‌WeHaveWaysPod Email: [email protected] Join our ‘Independent Company’ to watch our livestreams, get earlybird tickets and our weekly newsletter - packed with deals. Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.8	That's better H-E-L-P dot com. Acton, Acton, Acton, welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk USA with me, James Holland, here in Blighty, and with
1:10.4	John McManus over in Ohio.
1:13.1	Missouri is wonderful as Ohio is.
1:14.7	I went a little farther west.
1:15.8	Missouri, I beg your pardon.
1:18.4	I take it all back.
1:19.6	That's me getting my geography all wrong.
1:21.4	But anyway, from Missouri, but anyway, how are you?
1:24.0	Oh, great. I just got back Friday night.
1:26.0	A long trip, about three plus weeks, over your way.
1:30.0	Oh my goodness.
1:31.0	And it was just amazing.
1:33.1	I mean, as you know, we hooked up at one point
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