Christmas in the Pacific Theater and the Homefront 1941-45

[@kilcar]

My dad born in Peoria, Il in 1909 & was a USNR Seabee and spent Christmas 1943 in the New Hebrides on Woodlark Island. Japanese air raids and lack of decent food, contaminated water and dengue fever and malaria and tropical heat and humidity affected his health until his passing in 1996. He always made sure we three kids had a great Christmas

[@Wes66-143LakePowellProductions]

Seth and Bill, thank you for this moving coverage of Christmas during the war years. Christmas 1944, the USS Franklin was in Bremerton, Washington after being hit by a kamikaze on October 30th. My Dad told me that he and so many of his shipmates were filled with trepidation about returning to the front when the Franklin's repairs were completed. They didn't know what to expect, but they were certain it was going to be bad. I think on the 832 of Franklin's crew killed on March 19th, who would have their last Christmas - My Dad's best friend, Ray Milner, who would die on the hangar deck waiting in line for breakfast on March 19, 1945 - the families of those men, who would spend their last Christmas season here in 1944 with their sons. My Dad and many of his shipmates were able to go home on leave when they were in Bremerton. Your podcasts are like the time machine that my Dad created for me, when we would talk about the war years - the good times and the bad. This episode in particular was a Christmas present that you gave to all of us. Thank you both, and have a wonderful Christmas. Walter Smith.

[@mikebanaszak8635]

My wife's father rode a destroyer from the east coast to the pacific. Based on you 300 plus episodes I have learned a great deal about what was going on as he arrived in the pacific to serve in picket duty. I hope to give his children some perspective on his contribution to the war effort. You guys are a national treasure.

[@jammininthepast]

Seth, Captain Toti, thank you for a touching show. I and my family are thankful that we can celebrate the birth of our Lord and enjoy the gifts, food and trimmings. Thank you to all veterans and their families for the sacrifices made. God bless you and all the listeners and a heart felt Merry Christmas to you all.

[@jamesthompson8133]

Thank you for spreading positivity and kindness! Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends!❤

[@dave3156]

Man you guys outdid yourselves on this one. What an emotional rollercoaster--happiness, thankfulness, sadness. Hard not to get emotional with some of the material! You guys did a great job with this and I'm glad you did this program. You guys are the best on KZbin. Merry Christmas Seth and Bill, and to your families. Thanks for a great year of videos! What an appropriate ending.

[@huachafo]

Dad floated across the Pacific on a submarine chaser in 1944-45. Holidays like Christmas were really, really precious to him and doubtless his shipmates. They did their bit so their kids would not have to.

[@curmudgeon1967]

I just can't stop thinking of the agony Gold Star families, especially the mothers, endured during this most joyous Christian holiday. I think playing White Christmas, secular not withstanding, really brought it home. Great job on this episode. Merry Christmas Seth and Bill. Wishing you both a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

[@marky657]

"White Christmas" gets me every time I hear it. Bing Crosby's voice was so heartfelt and special after over 80 years ago. What always brings tears to my eyes is the memory of our boys fighting around the globe during the war. So many of them would never see America again. God Bless them and their families.

[@flparkermdpc]

You men just nail EVERY EPISODE. THIS one is probably the only Christmas card I'll be sending to my friends as a "please watch this and give me a call." Merry Christmas, All.

[@knutdergroe9757]

A personal note: My father never recovered from his Christmas (Multiple) in Pacific with 1st MARINE DIVISION. We his children always saw the under laying pain in his eyes at Christmas. I spent two Christmas overseas twice. The first in 1983, on mess duty(I volunteered for) in Iwakuni Japan. The second in Bahrain for Desert Shield, getting ready for Desert Storm. That one had a great deal of unknown hanging in the air. MERRY CHRISTMAS Ladies and Gentlemen, and may God continue to Bless and Keep us All. SEMPER FI !!!

[@davelane4055]

Merry Christmas y'all Skipper and Seth proud and thankful for all that y'all do God bless

[@neilgin1]

i'll second that motion!!!

[@Thumpalumpacus]

Thanks, guys. You're right, this episode has me leaking a little. I was deployed in Aug 1990 in support of Desert Shield, and there during the holiday season of 1990. At the base which would house the 801st Bomb Wing (P) shortly before war erupted, the holidays were a continuous shuffling of combat aircraft and weaponry to the Sandbox. While in the downtime it felt a little glum, thankfully I had to work on Christmas day and was too busy to really think about it (I was a firefighter and we were pulling constant stand-bys for dangerous cargo, refuelings, along with other, more mundane duties for our entire 24-hour shift.) What struck me was that here on this day, which I as a nonbeliever honor as a day of peace on Earth and good will to all, we were knee-deep in preparing to kill people and break things. That juxtaposition was jarring and gave me long periods of rumination the following days, weeks, and years. I can only imagine what it meant to these men and women of the time, both at the front, in the rear, and at home. It's a crying shame that both peace and good will were and still are in such short supply.

[@thetruthseeker5549]

I'm an infantry combat veteran and, enjoying and learning from every episode of You two and the learned and entertaining guests You've brought on, I have often while watching thought, "Well no s--- that's the way it is." But this time somehow You guys got me. I want to thank You good Americans from the bottom of my heart for reminding millions of the terrible price many of our generations have paid for just trying to do the right thing.

[@fernandodelrio2582]

Probably best episode for a podcast filled of great episodes!!! Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo desde España. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Spain!!

[@xflyingtiger]

Thank you gentlemen for this episode of The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast. Very well done as usual. My father was so lucky to not be gone for Christmas. He served as a crewmember on a B=29 based on Guam from February of 1945 to September or October of 1945. He saw lots of combat during that time.

[@frankrshirer8851]

Cap'n Bill needs to wear more of his "Aloha shirts" on the show. And I'm NOT joking.

[@donaldhambright969]

Thank you men...this special brightened a potentially dark Christmas for me....I watched all your episodes and sort of feel like I know you guys....thank you for everything you have done here

[@brockmiller574]

I hope that whatever had darkened your Christmas has let up and that you are in a better situation.

[@zachwessel3874]

I'm not crying.... You're crying.... that last part got me right in the feels... BZ

[@markwheeler202]

I first read James J. Fahey's "Pacific War Diary " in junior high school ca. 1965. I can't recommend it enough. I bought my own copy about ten years ago. Time to crack it open again, I think. Thank you, Seth and Bill. Merry Christmas!

[@gregscott9325]

Bless you both for all your wonderful work. God bless all the Vets, America appreciates all you have given. May the Holiday season bring only love and comfort of friends, family and a grateful nation.

[@JoeyGibson-n9b]

Seth and Bill, thanks for another great episode and putting Christmas in war the proper perspective. Merry Christmas to you both.

[@georgeburns7251]

The USS TANGIER was part of the rescue mission sent to Wake Island. She carried supplies, ammunition, and Marines. The plan was to run the Tangier around on Wake as an armed fort. It is likely none of the men on board would have survived the Japanese assault. Tangier survived WW2 and was sold to a shipping company. She was scrapped in the 60s. The end of this episode was very hard hitting. So many of the greatest generation had such a very hard time coming home. This happened again 20 years later when the Vietnam vets came home. Thank you.

[@stephenmerrin9442]

Absolutely terrific show. One of the best I've ever watched that you guys have done. With White Christmas playing that just broke me up. Three of my four years in service we spent overseas in a time of strife.For me that was 53 years ago. It brought back so many many memories from the past. Merry Christmas to you both and a tremendous New Year.

[@Jakal-pw8yq]

My dad was on several ships in the South Pacific and Central Pacific during the war but his favorite was the USS Montpelier. On Christmas day 1943, he was in the Solomon Islands from Guadalcanal to the west. On Christmas day they ended up selling an island, I don't know the name of the islands, but they had gotten word there was a Japanese Garrison on that island so they spent the day shelling it. My dad said it was really depressing and several of the boys were in tears from home sickness. My dad said Christmas 1943 was the worst Christmas he had ever had. We can never downplay or forget what these men did for us. Rest in Peace Dad you did your job and you did it well🇺🇸⚓️🙏💯💖

[@nohandle257]

Watching this a couple weeks late. I've watched all of your programs. Some more than once. I wanted to tell you what your series has done for me. I was born in the spring of 1950. My father was in training as a flyer during the war but lost an eye and never went to war. Probably why I'm here today. My mother was in Wichita, Kansas building planes throughout the war. My favorite uncle who became a dairy farmer after the war was a Chief Petty Officer on the original Thresher submarine. Your series has put me in touch with my father's generation, and thus my own to a much greater extent. My deepest regret is that I had no understanding or feeling for what they went through. That I did not sympathize with them. That I did not understand them and did not have the presence of mind to even try. Now I have a great sadness but also joy that I have, thru you, touched them to some degree. When we all meet in heaven I will be closer to them than I was in this life. Thank you.

[@kevinoviatt3958]

Another Great,and my Favorite Christmas song Frank Sinatra singing Have yourself a Merry little Christmas.Great Lyrical sentiment and also in a Minor Key.

[@christophermancini7380]

Another terrific episode gentlemen, thank you so much for posting it! I believe Bing Crosby was very possibly the most iconic American singer of the war years but I recall reading an account of an American soldier who after the war could not listen to Crosby's hit White Christmas without thinking about the time his unit was being overun during the Battle of the Bulge, and White Christmas was constantly being played on the radio (most likely in this case by the Germans.) One must think of all of those young men in the Pacific on the many islands and atolls, on the ships and submarines at sea, and the airmen enduring hours of boredom and tedium mixed with moments of terror-some beyond comprehension-all missing home and family during the holidays. I think of my own dad who spent his 18th birthday and Christmas of 1944 in both a foxhole and tent as a Navy Seabee on the island of Saipan. Bless all of you boys. Merry Christmas Seth and Bill, and thank you once again for these wonderful podcasts!

[@Crizzy4141]

Happy Holidays, Seth Captain Toti. I love your show. I have learned so much from you guys. Our fight in this Pacific war was above and beyond what I had imagined and previously learned. I had an uncle who served on a PBY and I knew men who fought in New Guinea and Alaska. They were my heros! God Bless America!

[@sparkey6746]

After corresponding for months, my parents met at the Houston Shell canteen in December of 1942. My Mom, a San Antonio debutant, was working as a Secretary at Shell. My dad, the son of a Beaumont oil refinery Forman, was a Signalman 3rd Class working the convoys in the Navy's Armed Guard detachment. Mom always claimed they fell in love in that canteen with Bing Crosby singing White Christmas. White Christmas was their song.

[@rfreitas1949]

the Armed Guards had the highest casualty % in the Navy

[@newmarketslim]

My father also was a signalman in the Naval Armed Guard during WW2.

[@helenel4126]

To me, there is no way that "I'll Be Home for Christmas" does not express the tragedy of loved ones separated, whether by war, distance, or death. When I think of these things, as you portrayed in your opening minutes, I cry too. For that matter, the image of the priest praying over the fallen Marine, which you show at the beginning of every episode, tugs at me. Folks wanting to know more about what went on at the American home front should read The Darkest Year by William K Klingaman, Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War by Peter Harmsen, and The American Home Front by Alastair Cooke. It's also instructive to listen to radio news from the period. Reports of war are interspersed with reports of threatened strikes, slowdowns, black market activities, graft, skimming, and fraud.

[@JLeonard-hy2bc]

Merry Christmas to both Seth and Capt Bill. Thanks for your amazing work providing hours and hours of entertainment and education. Thanks, too, to all the readers, listeners and viewers who have gone along for the ride. May you all have the best holiday you can and may 2025 be a win for you and yours.

[@jeffburrell7648]

Your episodes are always informative but the one that resonate most with me are the ones that show the horrible human cost of war

[@normanthomas5438]

Thanks for this podcast. Been a bummer if I didn't have this usual Tue podcast. Oh by the way nice shirt Capt Bill.

[@rhdwa]

Having staffed at a Boy Scout Camp for several summers, the Aloha shirt was referred to as the Class H uniform which was worn for Thursday evening meal.

[@m.r.donovan8743]

Re: 47:56 I second the sentiment that I "Don't think that anyone could tell it, or would tell it" the way that you will. You've earned the kind of trust from your subscribers that can only come from honesty, and proving that you won't compromise your principles of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but in every single episode. And for that, we all owe you a great debt that can never be repaid.

[@garyedwards278]

Thank you guy's for this, for those who don't remember the past, they tend to repeat it; may we never forget.

[@SamAlley-l9j]

Thank you Bill and Seth.

[@rfreitas1949]

I have my Dads Watch, a gift from my Mom for Christmas 1945.I also have all their letters . They paint a picture of a young Wife waiting for her Husband to return.(My Dad was able to transfer from the California heading home via the Cape of Good Hope to ATA Mendocino for a direct berth to San Francisco and Home)

[@robertwatson9359]

Thank you for this reflection on Christmas Eve. My Dad remembered going through Panama Canal on Christmas Day 1945 on their route to Norfolk Virginia from the Pacific and arrived on New years Day, 1946.

[@jdunlap2]

Merry Christmas to you and yours, Seth and Captain Toti. Thank you for all the hard work and love you have put into this fantastic podcast. Blessing on you both.

[@richardbeard5593]

Merry Christmas to yall. May God's blessings abound.. Thanks for airing these shows. Been very educational..

[@andyreid7274]

Merry Christmas to all those that served, those that are now and their families. Thank you for all you do Seth, and Bill!

[@lindabrashear57]

Merry Christmas to everyone involved in bringing us these outstanding presentations. You give your audience a gift of great value with every video, and I thank you. This was another excellent show, timely and poignant. I've read Bob Hope's autobiography, 'Don't Shoot, it's Only Me,' wherein he talked about the Christmas USO shows he put on for the troops for decades--he spoke about how meaningful "White Christmas" was to the troops, and how the song would often bring the men to tears. "White Christmas" was always my favorite secular Christmas song, but once I learned of its additional meaning, I love it even more. I agree with everything you said about the incomparable Bing Crosby and Holiday Inn--I could listen to Bing all day, every day, and I've seen Holiday Inn more times than I can count. Great to have it get a shoutout in your show. Have a wonderful holiday season!

[@Archibald_von_Munch]

Merry Christmas, gentlemen! Thank you for another awesome episode. I appreciate all the hard work you do in putting these presentations together. It’s certainly an early Christmas for me!

[@carlfasbinder5746]

VMF-212 flying close air support from USS - Bataan CVL-29 for Hungnam Evacuation Christmas ‘50.

[@LeeScott-k2y]

Great show have stood two watches on Xmas overseas. It is something special to remember.

[@edwardsteinmetz-gl3zl]

A good movie that pulls a lot of this together Christmas, the home front, the impact of the war on airmen and families is Captain Newman MD.

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

_It’s A Wonderful Life_ always had special meaning for me because Bedford Falls was inspired by my home town, Seneca Falls, NY, which Frank Capra had visited. Various elements and features of the town were included in the film, so as a kid, watching it was like a real life experience. Jimmy Stewart’s performance always felt like it was really something he had lived through. Now I know what he was drawing from: the hell of war. Also, 47:51 I absolutely agree that nobody does tell it or would tell it like you guys tell it. Merry Christmas, Seth and Cap’n Bill.‼🎄😎🙏

[@ph89787]

Merry Christmas from Australia.

[@richardbennett1856]

Cheers! Without Australia, the world would have been in deep doo doo.

[@GeorgePhillips-g2v]

Merry Christmas America! Thank you Seth and Bill! Wonderfully done! My father survived Germany thus I am here to celebrate Christmas with my 6 year old granddaughter! I thank all that served and those that died in WWll and those that serve today! This Christmas Day I am thinking of you ,

[@73Trident]

Thank you for this video. Seth and Bill, Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@bobcosby1034]

Gentleman - there was a mention of doing a future episode on Wake Island. I very much look forward to that! Merry Christmas. :)

[@Perfusionist01]

Powerful episode. Thanks for the reminder, a moment of appreciation for what all those people did for us. I hope you and your families enjoy a very merry Christmas. I'm looking forward to the 2025 season.

[@johnthurber6020]

Great show guys - as always. Merry Christmas to you and your families.

[@jimmyhartman4596]

Merry Christmas from the Hartman's , love the channel

[@Jan-v7d8i]

This was a very touching and thought provoking episode. Well done.

[@chrisgaleziewski8303]

Excellent work gentlemen, both have a blessed and merry Christmass 🙏🏼🎦👍🎄🥲🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🎄

[@gregpfaffe4098]

Such a perfectly pertinent episode! As a Baby boomer in extremely patriotic locales the concept of Christmas was always attached to OUR BOYS OVERSEAS. There was Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan to follow PEACE ON EARTH can comes only when the savior arrived. Our presence, as was our chaplains presence on Dec 25, changed the overseas scene. The world will always need a savior

[@alganhar1]

'Christmas' is far, far older than Christianity. There is no accident behind the date, despite the fact that Jesus (if he lived) was actually born in the period between May - August, as that's when the census was recorded in the Roman Empire of the period. The Winter Solstice Celebrations of various 'pagan' religions were simply appropriated and the 'Christian' Christmas essentially fabricated around customs and traditions that had already existed for centuries, if not millennia by that point.

[@jgfina]

​@alganhar1 Correct, however that is when the church OBSERVES the birth of Christ.

[@ramal5708]

Y'all should do an episode on the American Homefront during WWII, focusing on mobilization in 1941-43, ship building and war production.

[@richardbennett1856]

We may get at least Two episodes soon. It's a reminder that we weren't prepared in 1941.

[@zaphoddog3878]

​​@@richardbennett1856 actually, an episode dispelling the myth we were unprepared would be good. In December 1941 construction of all the new ships was already underway (Clevelands, Essex, Independence, etc) , the liberty ships and jeep carriers were already underway, we were already building Wildcats, B17s and Shermans by the ton and development of the Hellcats and B29s was almost complete. We already expected Japan to do something, most likely in the Phillipines but expected it wouldn't come until 1943 or so.

[@randallkuehnle8228]

Merry Christmas Seth and Bill and to your families.

[@jeffholloway3882]

Merry Christmas from Rossville, tn. Many thanks and blessings to you guys!!!!

[@joebombero1]

My parents were born in 1930 and 1932. They both told me what numerous biographies I have read regarding American survivors from World War II Philippines confirmed, that Christmas 1941, 1942 and 1943 were tough, emotionally, as victory seemed far away. 1944 was filled with anxiety as the Battle of the Bulge was not yet over, but the end was clearly in sight. The war left an impact on everyone who lived through it.

[@anastasiossarikas5510]

I am so grateful to you fellows for the work you do and the men you are. Merry Christmas to you both ( and to Jon P. too).

[@gustaloni3107]

What a wonderful episode. Merry Christmas guys and many thanks from Aussie.

[@SaundersE5]

This podcast has been a gift to us all.

[@davidbrian2570]

Merry Christmas to y'all from SC! Thank you for your efforts and a great show!

[@jonathanmorton9856]

Another great one guys. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

[@jamesthompson8133]

Thank you guys! You’re the best!!!❤

[@anthonywayne2754]

When discussing the “air raid” over San Francisco, I was reminded of this quote from the movie”1941”: Major General Joseph W. Stillwell: “Bombs! I don't hear any bombs! Now they're up there. They came all the way from Asia. Don't you think they'd bring a few bombs along?”

[@SuperNetSpyder]

Wonderful episode, thank you to both of you.

[@uberduberdave]

I used to see "It's a Wonderful Life," year after year, along with "Miracle on 34th Street," "The Grinch," "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer," "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and "Frosty the Snowman." beginning about 1964. I wasn't aware at the time that Jimmy Stewart suffered from PTSD, but I've learned tons since then, especially here, from you guys. I must point out that I'm a huge fan of classic film, and learned quite a bit about the genre from the late Robert Osborn. From him I learned about Frank Capra, the guy who directed "It's a Wonderful Life," he too came out of the war with PTSD, after directing "Mr Deeds goes to Town," and "Meet John Doe," Capra lamented being able to turn out such hit, post war. "It's a Wonderful Life," bombed in theaters. 1964 was a mere 19 years after the end of the WWII, everyone involved in all those Christmas classics I watched growing up had a part in the war...

[@kidhammer2567]

Merry Christmas to you and yours from The Last Frontier. Thanks as always for this truly heartfelt message. O, my, how precious, the two of you, sirs. Thank you, thank you Mr. Paridon and Captain Toti, gentlemen, for doing each episode. Each week I wait patiently for the next one.

[@jimsimmons6309]

As a near 70 year old Canadian I have lived the experiences you have deceived so vividly. My mother had three brothers overseas in the European theatre and my grandfather manned the big guns guarding the entrance to Halifax Harbour. Christmas Eve through the sixties was always spent at my grandmothers house (cottage) with talk mostly about the war years. Most of my uncles were were profusely injuriously impacted by their experiences and the alcohol demons were ever present. These men were heroes to my brother and I but more often than not we saw their faces mared from a recent fight somewhere. My dad was a locomotive engineer who stayed home who told us once he may have worked seven years without a day off. I miss them all - thanks so much for these true reflections.

[@jimsimmons6309]

Sorry meant “described” not “deceived”

[@sep0319]

Another perfect episode! Merry Christmas to all!

[@StylinandProfilinBBsandBBQ]

A great episode gents! Very good info and some really good perspective. Merry Christmas Seth and Bill!

[@1redcougar175]

Merry Christmas to you both and thanks so much for this journey through time.

[@edwardcarter-vp3dz]

What an outstanding episode. It is one of your best. When I listened to the part of the program about Christmas 1942 I remembered the somber Christmas scene in Back to Bataan where the PT boaters celebrated with one of the nurses. Thanks so much for your podcast. Merry Christmas to you and your families and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2025.

[@timandellenmoran1213]

Thanks again for your efforts and your empathy that you provide.

[@christopherj.osheav5807]

50° 27' 0.0036'' N and 30° 31' 23.9988'' E DAY 1035 Gents, Timeless. Terrific episode. Well done. There are lots of folks in my neck of the woods also "Dreaming of a White Christmas" tonight; thinking "I'll Be Home for Christmas"; but everyone here knows nothing is guaranteed and sometimes dreams likely never will come true. Thats life. The more things change, the more they stay the same. All the best to you and yours. V/r-IB

[@MisterFastbucks]

Merry Christmas. Thanks for another great year of content.

[@christopherwilliams9866]

Totally diggin' Captain Toti's shirt! I love you guys. Merry belated Christmas, and Happy New Year.

[@ralphdavey7303]

Thank you for another great presentstion and episode. A very different theme on Christmas but very true. Wishiing you and your families a very merry and precious family time. Thank you.

[@mdcampbell7360]

Great episode, gentlemen. I think I fall between Bill and Seth in age and my paternal grandparents had an artificial tree that DEFINITELY had toilet brush branches. 🤣

[@PalleRasmussen]

Merry Christmas you two. In Denmark we celebrate tonight, so I probably cannot watch today, but I do wish you a Merry Christmas and a great year ahead, with much happiness. The German 1993 movie Stalingrad has a scene of their Xmas celebrations in Stalingrad. That is appropriately desperate.

[@at1212b]

Merry Christmas. Thank you for keeping the show going. It is a gift to us all. Just a suggestion, a show on the composite a-bomb crew (Groves, Tibbets, Ferebee, Lewis, Parsons, etc) I believe would be an episode of great interest. Especially with the navy and arny combination..

[@jimporter6084]

Merry Christmas guys. This was a wonderful episode and a great reminder of the price that was paid by our fathers and mothers during the great war. Please remember our friends in Ukraine who are fighting a near-peer war (a real war like WW2) this Christmas all along the front from Kharkiv ro Odesa.

[@hdfoster5507]

Seth and Bill and Jon, et. Al.: Please have a very Merry Christmas and a very, very Happy New Year to all of you and your families! Thank you for all your hard work putting on this informative and enriching program. May God bless you and keep you safe in the coming year and all the years thereafter.

[@martinazariancriminaldefen3081]

Well said and we'll done. Thank you, and God Bless.

[@JeffAndersen-lc7zx]

Merry Christmas from Whyalla in South Australia. Keep researching and reporting history.

[@JeffAndersen-lc7zx]

As a baby boomer I used to hate ANZAC Day because of the alcohol that my father used to ply himself with. The war left its mark on my father.

[@lindarajek8252]

Thank you so much for this great episode! It was very sad and touched our hearts! We are a regular watcher of your podcast and look forward to every week. Merry Christmas Seth and Bill! God Bless you both!❤

[@ph89787]

One of the interesting photos of wartime Christmas I found. Was Lt Lou Bangs of VB-10 landing an Avenger on Enterprise (CV-6) dressed as Santa.

[@chefpropman3681]

thank you guys!

[@tomsneary5091]

Bless you both, Seth & (unauthorized admiral) Bill. ❤

[@Chris-v2k]

Thanks boys for this episode. Right on time for this warrior. Merry Christmas to all. Hope for you guys to have an awesome holiday season. Peace!

[@GeorgeTaylor-q5b]

Merry Christmas, And Thank you for all your great episodes.

[@dummre83]

Merry Christmas everyone, Was not expecting this thanks guys. You’re great as always. 🎉

[@ubermvd792]

Great Episode guys Merry Xmas to you both. As a native pennsylvanian that tongue twister of a town you mentioned was close. School-kill without the L in School is how us natives say it lol.

[@ronsatzler5771]

A heart warming scene of WW2 is the soldier giving a little girl, shaking badly, a drink of water. Iwo Gemia? Always have wanted to know what happened to the little girl. Do you know? Want to believe she was taken to a rescue ship. Then where?

[@robert506007]

10:00 you guys are really making me want to go watch the movie 1941 right now.

[@jaredwren9304]

Merry Christmas, gents. Thanks for the show.

[@danielshing8948]

Merry Christmas, Thank you for all the episodes! I know what it’s like being deployed and away from family.