Utmost Savagery-Tarawa Day 1
This week Seth and Bill dive into day 1 on Bloody Betio as the 2nd Marine Division assaults Tarawa atoll as part of Operation GALVANIC. The team discusses the absolute bloodbath that was D-Day ashore...
29 Aug 20231h 51min
Operation GALVANIC-Preparations for Tarawa
This week Bill and Seth dig into the preparations for the operation that kicks off the mighty Central Pacific Drive, that being of course, Operation GALVANIC, specifically the invasion of Tarawa atoll...
22 Aug 20231h 25min
Downfall-Why Japan Surrendered with very special guest Richard Frank
This week we are stepping out of our chronological coverage of the war and jumping ahead to 1945 for this one episode as we acknowledge the 78th Anniversary of the day Japan surrendered, thus ending W...
15 Aug 20231h 27min
Battle history of the USS Indianapolis-Live from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Reunion
This week Seth and Bill are recording the podcast together on July 6, 2023, from Benicia, California, in front of a live audience at the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Reunion. They discuss the peacetime a...
8 Aug 20231h 6min
The Battle of the Komandorski Islands with special guest Admiral Sam Cox
This week Bill and Seth are joined once again by Naval History and Heritage Command Director, Rear Admiral sam Cox, to discuss the little-known and often-forgotten naval battle of the Komandorski Isla...
1 Aug 20231h 3min
The Thousand Mile War-The Aleutians with guest co-host Jon Parshall
This week Seth and guest co-host Jon Parshall discuss the largely forgotten and relatively unknown campaign in the Aleutian islands in 1942 and 1943. The pair discuss the Japanese invasion in 1942 an...
25 Juli 20231h 34min
Special Episode: The Navy's Role in Hiroshima with special guest Admiral Sam Cox
In this special episode airing on the release of the movie "Oppenheimer," Bill, Seth and guest Admiral Sam Cox examine the Navy's role in the Manhattan Project and the bombing of Hiroshima. The trio ...
22 Juli 20231h 7min
The Carrier Raids on Rabaul with Jon Parshall
This week Seth and guest co-host Jon Parshall maneuver their way through the two aircraft carrier raids on the Japanese fortress of Rabaul. The team goes through the personal stories of some of those...
18 Juli 20231h 32min
