Ep. 7: John McManus on the Army in the Pacific during World War II
Biography
John McManus is the Curator's Distinguished professor of U.S. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. McManus completed his doctorate in military history at the University of Tennessee and is the author of more than a dozen books. His latest, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, is the second installment of a trilogy detailing the U.S. Army's role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
Times
01:12 - Introduction
03:38 - Misperceptions of the Army and Marines in Guadalcanal
08:44 - The Army's role in the Pacific
12:46 - Geography of the Pacific and dividing the theater between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz
18:30 - Island hopping and the turning point in the Pacific theater
22:26 - The infantry's experience in combat
23:52 - The Pearl Harbor Conference and the endgame of war in the Pacific
31:55 - General Joseph Stilwell and China
38:39 - Prisoners of War in Japan
41:32 - The legacy of the War in the Pacific
John McManus is the Curator's Distinguished professor of U.S. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. McManus completed his doctorate in military history at the University of Tennessee and is the author of more than a dozen books. His latest, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, is the second installment of a trilogy detailing the U.S. Army's role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
Times
01:12 - Introduction
03:38 - Misperceptions of the Army and Marines in Guadalcanal
08:44 - The Army's role in the Pacific
12:46 - Geography of the Pacific and dividing the theater between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz
18:30 - Island hopping and the turning point in the Pacific theater
22:26 - The infantry's experience in combat
23:52 - The Pearl Harbor Conference and the endgame of war in the Pacific
31:55 - General Joseph Stilwell and China
38:39 - Prisoners of War in Japan
41:32 - The legacy of the War in the Pacific
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