My grade 12 chemistry teacher had been with the marines from the start on Guadacanal. He still had PTSD, and would stop teaching every once in a while and tell a "war story." Waiting for the enemy to build up in the dark on the barbed wire, before you opened up with your weapons, among others. He was a wonderful man, a terrific teacher. Everyone respected him, and forgave him his "reminisces". This was 30 years after Guadacanal, he was a greying, portly guy. His son was a grown man. One Friday night, his son got jumped and beaten up by 3 guys in a tavern. He made it to his dad's house, and his dad went back to the tavern and personally beat up all 3 guys. It made his stories about Guadacanal a lot more believable.

@vincentlavallee2779

Жыл бұрын

I have to add to this VERY interesting story, which I believe completely. I have said to many people all along that Marines were not trained to 'fight', but rather that they were trained to kill. So, I suspect that his dad probably held off from full violence, and from actually killing them. If you ever watch the HBO series 'The Pacific', it has an outstanding ending, and the whole series (10 one hour episodes) is terrific as well. But at the end, it discussed what happened to the major players of this series after the war. Sledge, a son of a US doctor who served during and after WW I, who saw what war did to the soldiers, ended up with pretty severe PTSD (a term not even heard of back then). When he eventually went to register in school (a college), the girl interviewing him to help determine what courses he should take, asked what experience did he have from the war.. After his answer of 'no' to all the fields she mentions, she then asked him, just what experience did he acquire in the War. His answer was "I was trained to kill Japs, and apparently I was very good at it!". Spoken like a true Marine that saw real action.

@larryfarr3075

Жыл бұрын

As I have said once a Marine you are always a Marine. Maybe a not active duty

@kilcar

Жыл бұрын

God Bless your dad.

@ThePrader

11 ай бұрын

@@vincentlavallee2779 I was also in actual "combat", ( not WWII- much later) and the VA DX'ed me, along with 3 private MD's, with PTSD. I refuse to use that term or abbreviation. To me it is merely PTS. It is NOT a disorder. Take any normal, sane , human, with human emotions and train them to kill. Then toss them into a meat-grinder and watch buddies and the guys you have grown close to get blown to bits, and the normal reaction is to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress. That is the "normal" response. Is that a "disorder"? So I shake with fear sometimes, I have anxiety, panic attacks, and have nightmares. I don't think any normal person would respond exactly the same. I know that am no longer "normal". I only wish they would come up with something that did not label it a "disorder".

@jacksprat9172

10 ай бұрын

That's something I'd never thought about, but you are 100% correct. I'll be dropping the 'D' from now on and I will make the same point to anyone I hear using the abbreviation. Cheers Prader, all the best in the future from Scotland.@@ThePrader

Amazing how quickly Radar changed Naval combat

Neptunes Inferno was a great help in understanding all the naval actions around Gaudalcanal.

@ralphallen5779

Жыл бұрын

An awesome audiobook

@covertops19Z

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Hannagan, I totally concur. It's a fabulous read..

@AdmiralYeti8042

6 ай бұрын

I miss Jim Hornfischer. He was an all around good dude and did a heck of a lot of research for the Nimitz Museum.

@kepple83

7 күн бұрын

Great book

Hey guys, I’m an avid fan of all things WWII podcasts. Yours is the best. The detail, intelligence and respect for your topic and audience is unsurpassed. Thank you for your work and care.

We certainly do appreciate all your hard work you both put into this podcast. Right or wrong I do now take for granted every time I “tune in” to a new episode it’s going to be another high quality program. Intelligent and thought provoking conversations on these subjects are relatively difficult to find nowadays in the non-virtual world. You both indeed deliver just that. I think I’m speaking for not just myself, but for most all of the KZread subscribers of this channel when saying thank you again for your fine efforts. It is genuinely appreciated.

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

Жыл бұрын

Well, shucks. Thanks for watching. And I can guarantee that you will receive high quality material every time.

@mikeat2637

Жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly, it's a great job by Seth and Bill, as well as Jon Parshall, who I have been acquainted with via another fine military historical writer, John Bruning. I also was able to make the acquaintance of the late, great James Hornfischer before he passed away, which was a big loss for the whole community of authors. I only started watching the podcast about a week ago and I have to catch up.

@strydyrhellzrydyr1345

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah... I used to listen to DRACH..like.. every day.. all his long drydocks.. But now I just put this series on a cycle.. and just listen to this now... It's soooo cool.. I love the.. the vibe... Or the energy... Or the way you guys mesh together.. I especially love it with Mr Parshall. You 3 tell stories soooo so well. Gotta admit.. I do wish he was there a lot more.. but o well... My only.. tiny tiny.. little complaint. Put on repeat, and listen to you guys ramble on, and drift off to sleep... And everytime and episode begins... And ends... The music plays... That is much much louder than the voice volume. Of the microphones. And that music. Seems to be just like a freaking alarm clock.. LMAO... But like I said.. just a tiny bity nit pick... It's an utterly amazing show/podcast

This channel has assumed the most honored place in my bookmark bar. Congrats Gentlemen!

@MrIluvbutts

11 ай бұрын

agree

@grizzlygrizzle

6 ай бұрын

I have recommended it to friends and family. Share the wealth

Listening to you both, and your guests has brought back conversations I recall from my parents generation, as almost everyone of military age ( male) was " in the service" and their wives, mother's and sweethearts were working in defense plants, or just going to work every weekday. You Gentlemen brought the real feeling of listening to my father, uncles and their friends as a boy . I was riveted then. Your broadcasts are just as riveting, as you convey the passion for this hugely important era of our history. My father's Seabee footlocker sits in my living room, and I think of all the Japanese air raids it witnessed in the New Hebrides, Louisaides, and New Guinea. Thanks for sharing your passion.

These are the best podcasts on the pacific theater on KZread. I’ve been reading and studying WWII since my 30s (I’m 70 now) and have thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the depth you go into. The planning you put into these shines thru. Thanks for all your time and effort.

Gents, This is the way that I want to read, see, hear history. Thank you for your work to deliver such an excellent presentation. (All presentations!) The bravery and courage of all involved in these events continues to amaze me. Thank you.

@MrIluvbutts

11 ай бұрын

agree

My mom is named Helena after this light cruiser. My grandfather was on the Helena when it was torpedoed at Pearl. He was then transferred to the California for the rest of the war. So, what that means is he was on the Helena when the Cal sunk and was on the Cal when the Helena sunk. Crazy.

It’s like watching a Monday night football game. Absolutely a wonderful and entertaining and informative series. It’s my favorite theatre of war. Great job guys!!!!!

@davemachoukas6175

7 ай бұрын

Better. Much better..

The best history of WW II in the Pacific I have ever found!!!!! OUTSTANDING!!! My father, a sailor in the Pacific Theater during WWII, would have loved this series!! Thank you both and all your guests! Learning so so much I never knew!

At the start, since you're thanking everyone. Thank you two for putting this together and getting it online. It's been great to listen to and learn from.

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

This was fantastic. There are some great WWII channels out there, but none so far have managed to quite capture the level of detail that you two get into. Loving it, and please keep them coming!

Sometimes it's easy to forget, but I do want to thank you both for researching, organizing and doing these shows.. Hope you all had a happy Christmas and have a great New Year

@vette8121

Жыл бұрын

So true, I get so wrapped up listening to the presentation I take for granted the amount work Seth and Bill put into each episode. Many thanks. tm

@MrIluvbutts

11 ай бұрын

agree

I have found these podcasts to be a goldmine of information. Will you be covering the logistics of supporting the Navy during the various phases of the Pacific war?

@davidelliott5843

Жыл бұрын

Logistics is incredibly important. When there’s no food, clothing, ammo, fuel even aircraft - nothing happens and the enemy wins.

Great and highly informative....one of the best podcasts of the Pacific Theater..... keep up the great work

At about 52:00 you guys started talking about the battle turning to melée, ceasefire order, and maybe it was disregarded. Reminds me of Nelson at Copenhagen. Adm Hyde (?) ordered him back from the Danish shore batteries, using signal flags. Nelson's flag lieutenant told Nelson. Nelson turned toward his commander's ship, places his telescope to his then-empty right eye socket, declared he saw nothing, and continued, successfully, the engagement.

@philpockras4408

Жыл бұрын

I misremembered. The Brit battle fleet was commanded by Admiral Hyde PARKER. Nelson was a Vice Admiral and functionally the fleet XO.

My Grandfather was the Assistant Division Commander of Americal Division and arrived on Guadalcanal in advance of the 164th Infantry (then Brig. Gen. Edmund B. Sebree). The Army had been chafing at the bit to get into the fight.

@jollyjohnthepirate3168

10 ай бұрын

By the end of the Guadalcanal campaign it was an all army operation.

You have reinvigorated my interest in the war in the Pacific, I though I had read most of the pertinent books on the topic, which as it turns out they were mostly invacuate. Now I am following along with you guys and reading the new materials available that dovetail with your timeline, so far, Shattered Sword, The Battle of Midway (Symonds) and Neptune"s Inferno. Really appreciate your insight and work you guys put in, keep it up, learning a lot!

@jonathanstrong4812

Жыл бұрын

VERY MUCH SO AND DO KEEP IT UP

I also appreciate the hard work that goes into these videos. Personally, I like to go to the playlists, start with E 1 and just keep watching. "Binge watching" I think is what that is called.

You guys are great!! I have always had a bias for the PTO and Guadalcanal in particular. My dad landed December 12,1942 with the 18th construction battalion and we heard several stories about his time on that island.

Thank you for the hard work, I look forward to each episode.

I had a co-worker who was on the Yorktown at Coral Sea. When they reached Pearl Harbor they put him to work rebuilding the damaged BB's. Then he was on one at Suragao Straight. "We crossed the T on them", he said. That was about 40 years ago and he taught me about tactics. He saw the original Lexington get hit at Coral Sea. I knew so many that fought in that war.

I have been really enjoying these podcasts. Thanks for the hard work. My dad was a Navy pilot in WWII, enlisting at age 17 in 1943.

@jonathanstrong4812

Жыл бұрын

A-YIKES! THAT old? WOW!

@jonathanstrong4812

Ай бұрын

17? YIKES!

Another great job, I eagerly wait each week for the next podcast! A morale raising victory when we most certainly needed it but our naval tactics still much needed to be improved, as would be illustrated the following month off Tassafaronga.

You guys do a terrific job of bringing naval history alive and I'm a dedicated follower of your channel. My only request would be that you occasionally show a map to visually clarify the location and movements of the units involved in the action. How I regret that I discarded the 40's era atlas that I inherited from my father, who served as a lieutenant jg in the Pacific! It had great maps of the Pacific islands.

Thanks for the work that both of you put in. I look forward to these videos every week.

Thank you for all research you do. Your insights into the people are inspiring. YOU GUYS ROCK! would be honored to shake your hand and say ; thank you good job..

You guys do a great job and deserve a lot of kudos for the work you put in. It's obviously a labor of love. I especially enjoy the current subject matter, as I first became interested in military history when I was in high school as an assistant librarian and could take out whatever books I wanted, and it was a real treasure trove. My first book was about Savo Island, by David Howarth, and I was hooked. My school also had Samuel Eliot Morison's complete history of Naval Operations in WW II, and the topic I loved most was the Solomons Campaign and the South Pacific in general. It was around 1959 or so and I still enjoy this campaign the most. Keep it coming gentlemen.

I am loving the channel. The work behind the scenes that you guys do is commendable. Greetings from Down Under….

Captain Todi, don’t know if you still review the comments of this older episode, but in case you, just wanted to say I totally recall lugging that “doorstop “ of a rifle, the Springfield 30.06 around during my time at navy boot camp at San Diego in the spring of 1971. We never were even allowed to shoot the darn thing. The few times they took us to the rifle range they had us shooting dinky .22 caliber rifles. When we were finished shooting; cleaning these “toy *” .22 rifles and putting them back into truck, we had to collect our “beloved” 9 lbs. Springfield 30.06 doorstops, shoulder arms; and march back the three or four miles to the barracks. Ahhh, the memories…. * Of course they weren’t toys, but very capable and functioning .22 long rifles. But I was just trying to make a point; as far as instilling any war fighting “hurrah” into any of us; Well…, the Navy missed their mark in that department in a big way. But by the time we graduated from recruit basic training though, they made damn sure we could fold all our issued uniforms, from socks and undershorts to our P-Jackets and dress blues into virtual Origami sculptures blindfolded; and…., pack it all perfectly in that canvas sea bag.

Great job gentlemen! Really love the personal touches that Seth provides with his quotes from the men who actually participated and the knowledge that Bill brings as a captain of a US submarine - how cool is all this!!!

The difference as I understand it between the SC And SG radar is the SC showed the return as spikes on a green oscilloscope display. Spikes, the height determined by the reflected return but only along one line, like looking through a telescope. Waves other objects reflecting the radar signal were often called grass. The target, largest, strongest return could be hidden in the grass. One direction. The PPI, plan position indicator showed the entire area, with the transmitter in the center. The radar scope image most people are familiar with. The strongesr reflectors shown as a blip, repeating along the line representing the direction the antenna was facing. Like a map, the reflections like a plan view, a map viewed from above, with the 0° line aligned with the lubber line, the longitudinal centerline of the ship. A lot easier to see the ship relative not only to the target but to friendly returns and the nearby land forms. A huge all around view. The bearing could be rotated to match real azimuth by adding a correction to line up north with the zero line on the screen. A panoranic view refreshed every revolution, not a view one direction through a telescope tube, which if looking the wrong direction, even a little bit saw nothing. SC radar worked great for range finding, once the targer was found. Constant updates, no wait for the next sweep.

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

Жыл бұрын

Bill responding. It's been over 40 years since I attended ET A-school when I was enlisted, so my memory is fuzzy. You describe the two scope types right, but both radar types could employ either the linear scan or the PPI scan. I don't recall when the PPI was introduced for the SG. I do know you could manually train the radar antenna to examine a return using an A-scan type display to investigate it further and to try to measure angular size of the radar return. One of the problems is that while radar was very accurate in range, the scopes were notoriously inaccurate in bearing precision, so they often misled in that regard.

@johnspurrell1200

Жыл бұрын

@@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar Dad was a radar bombardier on a superfort based on Saipan. He had a few stories, Our science club in High School had a girl who was a real organizer, arranged all sorts of field trips including one to the big radar station near Othello WA. Being a science club, with one of the guys who built his own 5000 watt transmitter and maintained a couple of the local radio station's gear and a tv relay station we got a pretty good tour and demo. Got to play with a screen and the equipment. This was in the early '60s. We had an old NCO tour guide who showed us a lot of neat stuff. Paul had lots of questions he liked so we got the deluxe tour. The antenna that oscillates in the vertical plane measures altitude and the bigger parabolic rotating antenna in a dome azimuth. This was during the brief period post Sputnik when the science and math budgets for schools was suddenly boosted. JFK said if we were going to beat the Russians it would oçcur in the classrooms. We toured various facilities, Hanford was close and we even got the school to send us on a weekend to Seattle to the International Science Fair at the Worlds Fair. Radar was totally cool to our band of nerds.

Battle of Kolombangara: July 12-13, 1943, Japanese used radar intercept receivers that detected Ainsworth's forces while Ainsworth thought he had total tactical surprise. In the Cape Esperance podcast Seth you mentioned Scott turned off his SC radar but he was still using his FC or MK 3 fire control radar according the the Combat Narratives by the Naval History and Heritage Command. The radar receiver used was the E27. The Japanese did have some technical exchange with the Germans and knew the Brits were mucking with radar and with pulse radar. This might be where Scott got his info via the NRL out to the early ESW folks. The whole story of how we discovered what the Japanese had for radar and how we sought to defeat it is worthy of a podcast. I did a Japanese powerpoint and presented this at the USS North Carolina for docent training....very interesting. Albert Price has a book hard to find that is one of the bibles for this story...I really enjoy you and Bill and thank you for all your work keeping this alive!!! BZ! Alex Dydula

One of your best presentations to date. Keep 'em up.

Under the Southern Cross... My father-in-law joined the North Dakota National Guard in 1936 and ended up an officer in the 164th Infantry serving in the Americal Division... the "Armyrines" as "Uncle Sam's Misguided Children" respectfully referred to them... The original Americal commander, Alexander "Sandy" Patch, went on to command the 7th Army in France and Germany which included my father's unit, the 100th Infantry Division.

You guy's do a incredible job. Learning with every poodcast. Thank you for you efforts!

I'm so happy that KZread put this programme into my suggested videos - and even happier that I clicked on it. I subscribed on the first video I watched (which was the 'Night The Giants Rode') and it's been a pleasure to go back through the recent back catalogue of uploads and listen/watch you guys go over these historic events. You both bring something different to the table and you complement each other really well - and Jon's a fun guest with a lot of knowledge (obv) too. So yeah - thank you both for doing this and for being so generous as to upload to YT (otherwise I would never have found you). I wouldn't blame you one bit for going down the Patreon route (and might even suggest it). And keep doing it while you love it.

Such an excellent series. A navy officer turned me on to it and I in turn have recruited 2 more addicts to the series. As an aside, I'm curious if the people responsible for us having lousy torpedos for so long and for why it was stonewalled and excused for so long.

Great to see captain back in his element

Discovered your channel a couple of days ago, loved the first one I'd happened upon, watched all the other vids and just enjoyed them more. I subscribed, and about 30 minutes later this video became available. Made me smile. At the beginning of it, you discussed responding to viewer questions. One I've had in my mind for a long time is why the plan for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had them leave immediately after the raid rather than hanging around for a day or two, repeatedly smashing the island's entire facilities. At the time of the attack, they might have been worried about the missing US carriers, but that doesn't explain why hanging around wasn't part of the initial plan. Given how well trained their carrier group was, I would've thought they'd welcome a carrier group vs. carrier group engagement, especially if the US carriers had suffered damage in the first attack. What were they actually afraid of?

@william_toti

Жыл бұрын

Alan Zimm's book explains this very well. But if we get the chance to readdress, we will.

This is awesome. Thank you for serving our country. These episodes are entertaining and informing. Much appreciated.

You two men are wonderful. Thank you

As an Air Force pilot, my helmet is off to the sailors that fight below deck in a surface action.

I appreciate the hard work of research & production of these podcast episodes that Seth & Bill put in. I am very crestfallen by the lack of historical knowledge of contemporary Americans & as a Historian, I am able to privately honor the heroes who fought & won WWII. My father was a Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class on the battleship USS Maryland, BB46 at Tarawa, Saipan, Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Peleliu, & Leyte Gulf.

@jameshannagan4256

Жыл бұрын

Have you read Neptunes Inferno yet? If not it is a fantastic book sort of blow by blow for all the naval battles.

@sulevisydanmaa9981

Жыл бұрын

MARYLAND not much talked about ! Was it in Oldendorf s line @ Surigao ag FUSO, YAMASHIRO etc ? N.M. was ...

@jovianmole1

Жыл бұрын

@@jameshannagan4256 Will miss Hornf.

Loving this podcast - listening with my old man who was a sailor on USS Chicago- CG-11 during Vietnam - thanks for doing this!

Really appreciate the 'cast guys. I came for the John Parshall episode stayed for you guys on your own.

Just let you guys know, the patter between you is very effective. It is a delight to listen to, more effective than just a straight lecture. Very well done.

Their facile jocularity belies their comprehensive knowledge of WWII history.

I really hope that you all enjoy this as much as we do. I have been watching these videos for two weeks and I think I have watched them four times now and just enjoy them every time! Excellent job!!

I f#%&ing love these videos. I hate waiting a week for the next one!!!

This has become one of my absolute favorite channels. Great work.

As a boy growing up near Washington DC I had the chance to watch episodes of Victory At Sea seemingly every night. And while the film footage fascinated me I couldn't tell where in the Pacific the battles were taking place or how they related to each other. And here, some 60 years later, all of my questions get answered by your excellent videos. Better late than never. You guys are doing a great job.

As an Aussie, ex sailor (21 years) I;'like to thank you for this. Have subscribed and looking forward to more. Came via a You Tube search 'Crossing the T'.

Thank you for what you are doing. Your personal chemistry from the delight of teaching and sharing is enhanced by your respect for the subject matter, your guests and each other. Keep it up. 2:59

About crossing the 'T' in the Pacific War. If the enemy was being crossed, it made it more difficult for the enemy to launch a torpedo attack at you as you cross them, because ships needed to launch torpedoes by exposing their beams to the target. As far as shooting torpedoes at the enemy as you cross the 'T', I believe it still works well. Leading target ships mask incoming torpedoes from straight on. If all your DD's fire torps simultaneously, then the torps will come in at various angles, similar to the 'hammer & anvil' attack. When fighting the Japanese, keep changing course to prevent easy torp solutions. Always assume that the Japanese will launch a torp attack on you as soon as they spot you. Always assume that they spotted you first, and their torps are already in the water, unless they have maintained a line ahead formation towards you.

Nelson split His forces into two lines @ Tafalgar and divided Villeneuves line into three. This allowed Him to cross the Tea twice simultaneously, while subjecting multiple opposing vessels to extremely damaging raking fire on their bulkhead-less stems and sterns with both broadsides of his ships.

Hate to be repetitious but this is a top notch series of programs. Very much like sitting around having coffee with a couple of experts in the field.

Thank you guys This is the best!!! It’s great to get ALL the details Cheers

Dear Seth & Bill, I live in Vancouver, B.C.,Canada, and I was here when the New Jersey came here on its way to the canal to get ready for being preserved. That same summer the carriers independence and ranger came here. Bill I don't know if you know the Burrard inlet that separates Vancouver from North Vancouver and seabuses that crosses the inlet & the Blackhawk that park itself right in front of the ranger while the seabus is crossing. That was cool, as if that was a real threat. Rickm.

Thank you so much for these podcasts. Your hard work to prepare is obvious. The quality of your presentation stands out. Thank you for letting us listen in to these conversations.

Absolutely love your channel, so interesting and love all the discussion.

My Watch Commander in late 1970's was in damage control on the Boise, the account he told was an eye opener.

SoDak apparently didn’t get the memo about spotting aircraft being highly flammable. “Captain, the Kingfishers are on fire!” “Just fire turret 3 again. That’ll put ‘em out!”

Man for 4 minutes we were giving them more than a round a second. That’s serious fire power! Love your shirts Bill. It’s interesting to where they are from and what they stand for. Thank you both!

This is a great documentary. Thank you.

I'm a student of the Royal Navy's battles during the Napoleonic Wars. I remember Adm Nelson's instructions to his captains, "No Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship along side that of an Enemy." To me, this trust in his subordinates was a hallmark of his success - just as was Adm Nimitz's. Of course, during Trafalgar, Nelson's Victory was one of the leading ships cutting the line of battle - crossing the T - and destroying the enemy.

Im thankful for finding this channel I love naval history

I'm catching up on episodes after the craziness of the holidays and even though I listen on Spotify primarily, I wanted to come over here to be able to leave a comment. Absolutely wonderful episode guys! Bill's experience paired with Seth's storytelling and knowledge of this action was truly thrilling to listen to. Thank you!!!

The very first book I ever read when I was a wee lad in the 1950s was “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” about the Doolittle Raiders. Then in 1987, at his 90th birthday party, I shook Doolittle’s hand. Doolittle bombed Tokyo and Rome, and wanted to bomb Berlin - a WWII “hat trick” to bomb the capitals of the three Axis Allie’s - but FDR SIAD “no”.

thanks for this podcast, excellent!

Really enjoy your productions thank you

I’m learning, every episode. Thank you.

Thanks for your efforts. Every cast is deep dive.

As an old Digger, for us the short .303 and then the Owen was a great step forward.

I really enjoy these podcasts. Remind viewers to like and subscribe! That means you tube will show the episode to more people. I would like to see an episode dedicated to radar.

Great job men, best hour of the week.

Totally enjoyable. Thank you

Thank you as always gentlemen.

Great job as always. Love the description of the greatest generation ever.

These presentations are so interesting and so well done. Keep it coming, gentlemen! It's A+ ! It might be worth mentioning that while they did get rid of floatplanes after WWII, they carried helicopters in their stead on battleships and cruisers on into the 50's and beyond.

Bill gave a GREAT explanation of crossing the T...and why it was becoming outdated doctrine even then.

Just fantastic stuff very enjoyable totally encapsulating and addictive

When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic. Sounds like Helena did the job! Excellent episode guys, I love all of the insights.

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

4 ай бұрын

Helena was an amazing ship.

I appreciate all your work guys. Great job.

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

GREAT CHANNEL! Thanks many times over for what you've done here. One suggestion -- use a large map with a laser pointer when you lecture.

Not sure how I got here, but boy am I glad I did. Great telling of an amazing story. Looking forward to more!

Love the channel, hosts, and guests. Scott was a thinking man's admiral. Before Savo Is. he warned Crutchley condition 2 would decrease the readiness of crews called to battle stations. That is exactly what happened. I would like to point out Adm. Scott's most important contribution to this action that was not mentioned by our speakers, possibly not known to subscribers ... his relentless training of the ships and crew under his command the weeks before the battle. As you Vet's know, how you deal with fatigue is a huge factor in war fighting. Some of the changes he made during training became Fleet-wide doctrine, such as reviving off set gunnery practice, and night fighting doctrine. He had the task force primed, cocked and ready. It was the beginning of a Navy we needed.

The Army selected the M1 Garand as their service rifle in 1937. The USMC conducted a service rifle trial in 1940 and officially selected the M1903 Springfield. Once Army units hit Quadalcanal and Marines saw the firepower available, they started writing home. Eventually their brass was overruled. This resulted in a shortage of Garands for the rest of the war. The solution was to train recruits with the bolt-action M1903 Springfield, and issue Garands to Army and Marine combat units overseas.

I’m so happy you have, Capt Totti, a hero in his own right! Problem is, I lose sleep because I cant turn it off. Not only your knowledge is incredible but in how you honor these who fought. My late father who fought at Guadalcanal as a Marine , Thank you ☺️

About the use of ship launched scout planes, not made obsolete by Radar: Directing gunfire on land targets or on targets masked by land features, ASW or sub spotting, spotting downed pilots or seamen in the water, (in Atlantic) determine identification of unknown or neutral shipping, or assess damage to merchant ships.

This was not taught in school, that's what makes this so important!

You guys have views because your podcast is AWESOME!

I can't drag myself away from these pod casts. Thank you for all your hard work and interviews you include. I've been interested in these topics all my life. I have watched Band of Brothers, The Pacific series, read numerous books Neptune's Inferno, One Square Mile of Hell ect. Hoping someday Hanks and Spielberg or somebody would put these surface battles of WWII on the big screen, probably the only way to get the kids that have no idea of the sacrifices our country has been through to watch and learn. Keep up the good work.

I just had this channel recommend to me yesterday. Of course I subscribed and I am enjoying the content very much. 🍻

@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Thanks for the wonderful clarity you both have given to an engagement which really needed to be polished. The expertise you supplied was amazing, indeed. My friend, RIP, was a 75mm pack howitzer gunner in the Americal division. He said he was with it for the duration but did not like talking about it. Now I understand better. Thanks again for needed explanation. Much appreciated.

I’m Up to Episode 118! I look to be caught up soon. Great Podcast Fellas!

My father served aboard the Salt Lake City and was present during Cape Esperance. One detail you didn't mention was that when Boise got hit and was burning, Capt Small pulled the Salt Lake between the Japanese and the Boise. This is when the Salt Lake was hit, but she was giving more than she got! After the battle, Salt Lake crewmen were invited aboard Boise for ice cream! 😋

15:30 The Americal Division was not the only Army Unit formed overseas. Army Troop Carrier units were formed in the area. As a matter of fact the current 374 Airlift Wing (374 Troop Carrier Group) has never been station in any US state.