USS Hugh W. Hadley and USS Evans at Radar Picket Station 15-Episode 426

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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This week Seth and Bill take a look at one of the legendary stories of the kamikaze scourge during the Naval campaign for Okinawa--the saga of the destroyers USS Hugh W. Hadley and USS Evans and their support ships at Radar Picket Station 15. On May 11, 1945, the American ships at Radar Picket 15 endured an almost unbelievable attack by 156 Japanese kamikaze aircraft. In a story of courage, survival--and sheer guts--two American destroyers and their four support ships take on wave after wave of kamikaze and live to tell the tale. Tune in and hear this incredible story. #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 #yamato #kamikaze

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to episode 426 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:23.5	My name is Seth Parenthood and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:27.1	And with me, as always, it's my esteemed co-host, retired Navy Captain Bill Toadie,
0:30.7	former skipper of the Fast Tech submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis,
0:33.3	Commonwealth, Southern Marine Squadron, 3 in Pearl Harbor, and many others.
0:35.8	How are you this fine, November 14th, Bill. It's a great day in Florida, Seth. You know, it looks like the hurricane season is past.
0:47.6	And you know, just you're going to figure out how to get outside and do things.
0:52.8	It's been humid as all get out down here.
0:55.4	And just this morning, just this morning, the cool front came through and starting to feel
1:00.7	like seasonal weather as much as you can in the southeastern portion of the United States.
1:07.8	Temperature dropped all the way down to 78 here today.
1:12.9	It's perfect. I love it.
1:19.0	Yeah, I can, I'll be a cold weather person anymore, Seth. I'm sorry. I love it. We get so little of it. I love every minute that we do get. But anyway. So May 11th, 1945, dawned bright and
1:25.8	clear in the waters off Okinawa for the crews aboard the American
1:29.5	ships patrolling radar picket station number 15. It had been a restless night and an even
1:34.7	more restless morning. Radar had indicated the presence of Japanese snoopers all night long,
1:40.4	appearing and then disappearing on American radar like a pack of ghosts. The all-night vigil against presumed enemy aircraft had kept the men up all through the night.
1:49.0	All of the ships on station were at GQ, the men receiving little to no sleep whatsoever.
1:54.0	For the crew of one of the destroyers, radar picket duty was old hat.
1:57.0	They'd been here before. They'd seen the elephant and survived intact. Their
2:01.7	consort steaming just off their starboard beam had not. She was new to radar picket duty,
2:06.4	but had a veteran crew with many scalps on their belt, having escorted carriers a time or two.
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